Category: Tcells Wednesday, January 5, 2022 Why do some of us get so sick with COVID while others fare so well? Hint: It's all about the T-cell Do you know what a T-cell is? You should. It is the superstar of fighting COVID. We all have T-cells, which are a type of white blood cells (lymphocyte) and they are the key players in launching an effective immune response, keyword being effective. An immune response that goes haywire will harm, and even kill a person. An effective immune system targets a pathogen, launches an attack, neutralizes the pathogen (in this case the SARS-CoV2 virus), and then... Read More Posted by Nichole Herms at Wednesday, January 5, 2022 Adaptive Immunity Biotech Biotechnology Functional Medicine Immune Function Testing Immunity Preventive Medicine Tcell Memory Tcells Tuesday, May 4, 2021 T-Cells Are Finally Getting the Attention They Deserve, In the Era of COVID Research confirms that T-cells hold the key to lasting immunity against COVID. While most of us are familiar with the notion that antibodies protect us against a specific virus, it is not as well known that antibodies can fade, sometimes even after just a few months. T-cells, however, hold a cellular memory of infection for years, sometimes decades. Further, T-cells are the cells responsible for telling the other immune cells what to do and coordinating a full-... Read More at Tuesday, May 4, 2021 Cellular Health COVID Antibodies Immune Testing Lasting Immunity micronutrients Tcell Memory Tcell Testing Tcells Monday, May 3, 2021 Glutathione: The Powerhouse Nutrient Purported to Protect Against Severe COVID Symptoms Could this powerhouse nutrient be the reason some people fare well while others get really sick from COVID? One doctor has a theory. A doctor at the Research Institute for Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology in Russia proposes a viewpoint that glutathione – known sometimes as the master antioxidant of the body – holds the answer to why so many people have different clinical courses of COVID. Some mild, some severe, some short-term, some for mo... Read More at Monday, May 3, 2021 Cellular Health COVID-19 and Inflammation Glutathione Glutathione and COVID Inflammation micronutrients Tcells Wednesday, February 24, 2021 Severe COVID Patients Have Very Low Levels of This Immune Cell This novel discovery may partially explain the severity of symptoms in some people. In an early study out of Wuhan, China on patients that were hospitalized with COVID, severe cases tended to have very low levels of T-lymphocytes, which are specialized white blood cells that protect against infections. This decrease of T-lymphocytes (also called T-cells) correlated with in-hospital death and severity of illness. Low T-cell count was also seen in patients with previousl... Read More at Wednesday, February 24, 2021 Adaptive Immunity Innate Immunity Micronutrients and Immune Health Tcells Wednesday, February 24, 2021 Should COVID Vaccines Engage T-Cells? Leading immunology researchers suggest the answer is YES. In the case of existing COVID vaccines, immunity comes from B-cells, which are immune cells that produce antibodies. But there is another arm to our immune system – the underrated T-cell – that that is too often overlooked in vaccine development, according to recent research. Evidence suggests T-cell immunity may confer longer lasting protection and may explain why some people fare better when infected w... Read More at Wednesday, February 24, 2021 Cell-Mediated Immune Function Micronutrients and Immune Health Nutrition Tcells Wednesday, February 24, 2021 Do T-Cells Hold the Key to Long Lasting Immunity from COVID? In patients who have confirmed COVID infections, many don’t have detectable levels of antibodies in their blood, yet these same patients do have T-cells with receptor memory specific to the COVID virus. T-cells may hold the key to long lasting immunity against this virus. As antibodies wane over time, research suggests T-cells confer longer lasting protection from COVID and its variants. Although antibody immunity has received the bulk of attention in COVID cove... Read More at Wednesday, February 24, 2021 Cell-Mediated Immune Function Immunity Micronutrients and Immune Health Nutrition Tcells Monday, January 11, 2021 Serum vs Intracellular Nutritional Testing: The Difference Matters What is serum testing? A serum test is simply a laboratory test that detects something in the liquid (which would essentially be the plasma) part of blood, as opposed to a laboratory test that detects something in the solid part (which would be the red and white blood cells) of the blood. Since blood is made of both cells and plasma, the term “blood test” is not very specific, as it could refer to either. However, the term “serum test” is specific – it ... Read More at Monday, January 11, 2021 Cell-Mediated Immune Function Functional Medicine intracellular micronutrient status Micronutrients and Immune Health Serum Testing Tcells
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