[ad_1] Using post mortem tissue samples, a team of researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin has studied the mechanisms by which the novel coronavirus can reach the brains of COVID-19 patients and how the immune system responds to the virus once it does. The results, which show that SARS-CoV-2 enters …
Read More »Penn State researcher to study how vitamin D regulates host immunity to viral infections
[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 24, 2020 Funding from the National Institutes of Health will allow a Penn State researcher to investigate whether vitamin D supplementation could help people ward off or reduce symptoms caused by COVID-19. Margherita Cantorna, a distinguished professor of molecular immunology and nutrition at the …
Read More »The consumption of teff grain increases the composition, the function of the stomach microbiome
[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 16, 2020 The seeds of a teff plant – which look similar to wheat – are small in stature, but they have nourishment. Relatively new to the United States, teff has long been a super food in East Africa – specifically Ethiopia – as …
Read More »The study finds the link between children’s gut microbiomes and household chemicals
[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 12, 2020 A team of researchers has for the first time found a correlation between the levels of bacteria and fungi in the gastrointestinal tract of children and the amount of common chemicals present in their home environment. The work, published this month in …
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