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Share on PinterestA new study finds further evidence of the link between the immune system and behavior.Over the past few years, scientists have discovered some intriguing links between immunity and the mind.One of the immune signaling molecules, or cytokines, that mediates these links is called interleukin-17a (IL-17a). IL-17a plays a role in psoriasis, which is…

An HIV patient was found to have no trace of the virus in her tissues, despite not being on suppressing drugs. (Getty Images)A woman may be the first person to be cured of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) without enduring a gruelling stem cell transplant, research suggests.Loreen Willenberg, 66, from California, was infected with the sexually-transmitted…

Share on PinterestExercising can help people maintain healthy immunity into older age.Image credit: Ariel Skelley/Getty ImagesThe good news is that exercising and adopting the right diet may help a person maintain healthy immunity into older age. Chimpanzees and gorillas, our closest primate relatives, live for only 10–15 years in the wild once they have reached…

Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula. Members of the SA National Defence Force are not immune to gender-based violence, says Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa Nqakula.She says gender-based violence is a national crisis.Mapisa-Nqakula has condemned sexual abuse and exploitation by SANDF members deployed in the DRC.A high-level ministerial task team investigating the legal frameworks around sexual abuse and…

By Graham Lawton A laboratory in Russia tests for IgG antibodies to the coronavirusSergei Karpukhin/TASS via Getty Images WHEN the novel pneumonia circulating in China was confirmed to be caused by a coronavirus, an already troubling situation suddenly got that bit worse. As a rule, coronaviruses don’t produce a very strong “immune memory”: the long-lasting…