/newsroom/taxonomy/term/1786/all en /newsroom/channels/news/what-makes-certain-groups-more-vulnerable-covid-19-326681 <p>What makes the elderly and people with underlying conditions more vulnerable to COVID-19? According to a new <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2020.11.016">study</a> led by 苹果淫院 researchers, clues can be found in the proteins involved in initiating infection, as the virus binds to host cells of different animals. Greater cellular oxidation with aging and sickness may explain why seniors and people with chronic illness get infected more often and more severely.</p> Thu, 03 Dec 2020 02:59:17 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 251893 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/international-consortium-investigates-overactive-immune-cells-cause-covid-19-deaths-321710 <p>In the urgent battle to treat COVID-19 patients, a group of eleven international medical research organizations is investigating whether overactive immune cells that produce Neutrophil Extracellular Traps (NETs) cause the most severe cases. The consortium, called the NETwork, includes Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, and the Research Institute of the 苹果淫院 Health Centre (RI-MUHC).</p> Fri, 17 Apr 2020 22:03:36 +0000 amelia.souffrant@mail.mcgill.ca 208570 at /newsroom /newsroom/simon-sipen-wing Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 23638 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/world-aids-day-december-1-mcgillmuhc-experts-240448 Thu, 27 Nov 2014 19:05:23 +0000 cynthia.lee@mcgill.ca 21649 at /newsroom