Researchers at Imperial College London say T cells from a common cold protect once morest Covid, reports La Dépêche du Midi.
“We have found that high levels of T cells, created by the body when infected with other coronaviruses such as the common cold, can protect once morest Covid-19 infection,” says Dr Rhia Kundu, author of study, at Sky News. According to these researchers, “T cells in colds play a protective role once morest SARS-CoV-2”. T cells (or lymphocytes) are white blood cells that help protect the body once morest infection.
According to Sky News, these findings might help provide the model for the production of new vaccines that confer longer lasting immunity.
According to these researchers, this is “an important discovery”, even if for the moment “vaccination remains the best means of protection once morest Covid”.
