Scientists Explore Why Some People Are Able To Live With An Infection Unscathed

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Disease tolerance is the ability to thrive despite being infected with an amount of pathogen that sickens others. It's a well-known phenomenon in plants. Now, scientists are exploring whether it may help explain asymptomatic infections in people.

the virus so efficiently that they never get sick. But some scientists are confident that the immune system's aggressive response, the churning out of antibodies and other molecules to eliminate an infection, is only part of the story.

"Why, if they have these abnormalities, are they healthy? Potentially because they have disease tolerance mechanisms engaged. These are the people we need to study."Researchers who study these processes rely on invasive experiments that cannot be done in people. Nevertheless, they view asymptomatic infections as evidence that disease tolerance occurs in humans. At least 90 percent of thosebacterium don't get sick. The same is true for many of the 1.

specific immune cells in mice that increase the resilience of blood vessels during a helminth infection, leading to less intestinal bleeding, even when the same number of worms are present."Why would we think that humans would not have developed these types of mechanisms to promote and maintain our health in the face of infection?" he adds.

 

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Umm... they're healthy?

psychological ,,, the virus is a eclipse to develop the body more strong this why ppl died cause they weak You need to create you own immune system to avoid get virus how by get educated to eat healthy

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The mainstream view is that asymptomatics have especially well-tuned immune systems. Yet one study suggests they mount a weaker immune response than those who get sick — suggesting mechanisms are at work that have nothing to do with fighting infection.

You mean the immune system? About time mainstream medicine noticed . . .

What rubbish!

That’s the 40% I wouldn’t mind being part of.

Seems like it’s a stretch

Herd immunity takes generations.

Science works

It’s just called having a better immune system.

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