Pneumonia

Health January 18, 2022

Possible Achilles’ Heel Discovered for Respiratory Viruses – Like COVID-19 – That Hijack Immune Mechanisms

One viral protein could provide information to deter pneumonia causing the body’s exaggerated inflammatory response to respiratory viruses, including the virus that causes COVID-19. That…

protein Chi3l1 role in regulating the immune response to pneumonia

Science July 19, 2012

Chitinase 3-like-1, A Key to Fighting Pneumonia

While working with mice, scientists at Yale University found that the protein Chitinase 3-like-1 (Chi3l1) was crucial in regulating the immune response to Streptococcus pneumonia,…

Science March 12, 2012

Flu Infections and MRSA Combine into Lethal Cocktail in Maryland

MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus can be even deadlier when it is combined with a virulent flu infection. It’s been reported that a family of five…