Researchers in Germany have discovered that age-dependent impairments in antiviral interferon proteins underlie the increased susceptibility of older patients to severe COVID-19. The study, published ...
Known as first responders to viral infection, Type I interferons may also play a part—for better or worse—in neurodegenerative disease. At AD/PD 2022, held March 15-20 online and in Barcelona, Spain, ...
In a recent study published in PNAS, researchers compared the potency of 17 human interferons (IFNs) against multiple severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants. Recent SARS ...