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No, you are not going to contract COVID-19 from your doctor
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No, you are not going to contract COVID-19 from your doctor

People with more difficult cases of COVID-19 are hospitalized. This means that there is a higher concentration of COVID-19 patients in hospitals. But does that mean that people should be afraid of visiting their family doctors and other health professionals? Scientists from UCL and Queen Mary University of London have a short answer – no....

Newfound cell defense system features toxin-isolating ‘sponges’
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Newfound cell defense system features toxin-isolating ‘sponges’

by David March, NYU Langone Health A “decoy” mechanism has been found in human and animal cells to protect them from potentially dangerous toxins released by foreign invaders, such as bacteria. Scientists at NYU Grossman School of Medicine have found that cells exposed to bacteria release tiny, protein-coated packages called exosomes, which act like decoys...