Common cold infection may train the body to recognise novel coronavirus: Study

LOS ANGELES: The immune system's memory helper T cells which recognise the common cold virus and help the body fight it off, also identifies some parts of the novel coronavirus, according to a study whose findings may explain why some people have milder Covid-19 cases than others. The research, published in the journal Science, noted that the immune system's memory T cells keep track of the viruses they have seen before, giving the cells a headstart in recognising and fighting off repeat invaders. However, the scientists, including those from La Jolla Institute (LJI) in the US,...