Illustration depicting immune resilience, T cells, COVID-19, younger and older female face (IMAGE)

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Illustration depicting immune resilience, T cells, COVID-19, younger and older female face

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Sunil Ahuja, Muthu Manoharan et al. describe immune resilience to explain why some people, regardless of age, have impact immune systems and reduced inflammation while others do not. The blue-clad spheres are T-cells. The lower sphere is COVID-19 featuring its characteristic red spike proteins.

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Illustration courtesy the research team/The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

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