Researchers at the Korea Brain Research Institute (KBRI) discovered elevated levels of ACE2 during SARS-CoV-2 entry receptor gene expression in elderly patients with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). The novel coronavirus (COVID-19), with its spread worldwide is reportedly hitting the elderly population most aggressively. Data has also shown that older people who have chronic comorbidities such as
A research study set to be published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine by a team at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) has identified a protein called Pdap1 that supports B cells from stress-induced cell death while encouraging antibody gene diversification. B Cells’ Role in the Immune System The body’s defense system
Physicians have always prescribed the standard treatment course of antibiotics for bacterial infections based on medical tradition. Now that antibiotic resistance has become a serious global health problem, researchers at the University of Geneva tested whether a shorter treatment, that is less likely to select for resistance, would have the same effect as the standard