Advertisement
Infection-fighting cells in a childâs immune system are rapidly targeting coronavirus, clearing the disease before it has a chance to take hold.
That was the finding of a team of researchers led by the Murdoch Childrenâs Research Institute who are a step closer to understanding one of COVID-19âs most enduring mysteries: why children do not generally get as sick as adults when they are infected.
Francesca Orsini and Alessandro Bartesaghi with their children Beatrice (right) and Camilla (left).
Credit: Justin McManus.
As part of the Australia-first study, the researchers analysed blood samples from 48 children and 70 adults across 28 Melbourne households who had been infected with or exposed to COVID-19 during the stateâs deadly second wave.
E-Mail
IMAGE: Children are protected from severe COVID-19 because their innate immune system is quick to attack the virus, a new study has found. view more
Credit: Kelly Sikkema
Children are protected from severe COVID-19 because their innate immune system is quick to attack the virus, a new study has found.
The research led by the Murdoch Children s Research Institute (MCRI) and published in
Nature Communications, found that specialised cells in a child s immune system rapidly target the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2).
MCRI s Dr Melanie Neeland said the reasons why children have mild COVID-19 disease compared to adults, and the immune mechanisms underpinning this protection, were unknown until this study.
Modernism empire world literature | English literature 1900-1945 | Cambridge University Press cambridge.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cambridge.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Trailer: Atmospheric & Apocalyptic Horror Movie CRUCIFIED Arrives March 9th
Trailer: Atmospheric & Apocalyptic Horror Movie CRUCIFIED Arrives March 9th! By Josh Millican
The atmospheric and apocalyptic horror movie
Crucifiedpremiered to rave reviews at Sitges. Now, Uncork’d Entertainment is set to unleash the film upon the masses on March 9th. Check out the trailer and read more about
Crucified below.
Synopsis:
In a dungeon, five people struggle for their survival: three women, a theologian, and a young doctor. Outside this hideout reigns the APOCALYPSE. The Evil has been generated by a patient zero, and a group of former soldiers, The Exterminators, crucify any person they meet to find the source of this evil.
Traversing the overlapping print worlds of Portuguese, Konkani and English, Rochelle Pinto has been studying how colonialism and its aftermath has shaped life in Goa and the larger Goan diaspora in Mumbai and beyond. In this interview with Murali Ranganathan, she looks back at her engagement with print history and its connection with politics and land
At what point of time in your career did you realize that you had evolved into a book/print historian from a professor of English literature? How did the evolution happen?
A Master’s degree at JNU opened up a world of different methodologies thanks to an extraordinary range of teachers who introduced us to nineteenth century writing in India and to theoretical questions about the history of literary studies both in England and in India. This led to questions about how the field of literature was shaped during colonial rule and after, and about the assumptions that underlay our use of the category literature. Amo