A study on almost four thousand people of African descent has identified a gene that acts as natural defense against HIV by limiting its replication in certain white blood cells. An international effort co-led by EPFL, Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory, and Imperial College London, it paves the way for new treatment strategies and underscores the importance of studying diverse ancestral populations to better address their specific medical needs and global health disparities.
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An international team including researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio have developed a novel set of metrics called "immune resilience" (IR) and shown that individuals with optimal levels of IR are more likely to live longer, resist HIV and influenza infections, and survive COVID-19 infections, among outcomes studied.
Multinational study identifies immune resilience as a factor that influences life span, HIV/AIDS, flu, sepsis mortality, recurrent skin cancer, and COVID-19 mortality. Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, working with collaborators in five countries, toda
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