Infection, immunity, allergies, cancer, diabetes and disease mechanisms.
The Science Behind Why Your Immune System’s Balance—Not Your Age—Determines COVID-19 Outcomes Published Research Reveals the Hidden Factor Protecting Against Severe Disease Introduction: Age Is a Lie (Sort Of) In 2021, in the very website, I explored, via number of posts, how severe viral pandemics like COVID-19 progress and what factors influence survival outcomes. The…
Imagine your body as a vast city, its power plants (cells) burning fuel (glucose) to keep everything running. Now imagine that many of those power plants have “worn-out” machinery—leaky, rusty gears that jam and spark. It is easy to imagine that forcing more fuel into this power plant can lead to an explosion. This is…
In the intricate world of human biology, an unending battle rages between our cells and invading pathogens. This is a tale of sacrifice, strategy, and survival—a story of how our bodies defend themselves at the cellular level. Welcome to the world of necroptosis and immune response, where cellular self-destruction becomes a powerful weapon against disease….
The recent Digestive Disease Week (DDW) Congress in Washington D.C. unveiled groundbreaking insights into the world of gut parasites. One session, in particular, highlighted an ingenious strategy employed by Giardia lamblia, the microscopic culprit behind giardiasis. This discovery challenges our understanding of how parasites operate and interact with our gut microbiome, revealing a complex and…
Have you ever wondered why we experience fever during illness? For generations, the medical community has upheld the belief that fever is a critical component of our defense system against infections. Experts have been considering fever as an instrument orchestrated by the immune system to create an inhospitable environment for invading pathogens. This view has…
