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There's a good chance you have a virus called CMV. It might seem to have no effect – or it might be life-changing.
There's a good chance you have a virus called CMV. It might seem to have no effect – or it might be life-changing.

Related: “As CMV meddles in those processes for its own ends, it could be disrupting our body’s ability to repair its own DNA as it interacts with our cells over decades. When we lose the stability of our own genome, ‘that’s when cancer occurs.’”

#cancer#reinfection#opportunistic infections#Immune system
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There's a good chance you have a virus called CMV. It might seem to have no effect – or it might be life-changing.
Tom Andrews on Twitter
Tom Andrews on Twitter
SARS-COV-2 causes immunopathology: the effects of COVID upon T-cells & other parts of immune system mean direct & indirect harm, lower protection against other infectious & non infectious diseases (recurrence of chronic infections, control of new cancer, recurrence of old cancer)
#cancer#Discussion#Immune system
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Anthony J Leonardi, MBBS, PhD on Twitter
Anthony J Leonardi, MBBS, PhD on Twitter

T cells die and get depleted

If you dysregulate this you can get things like lymphoproliferation or cancers with too little death, and depletion with too much

Don't annoy me with people in denial about T cell death signatures

The findings are robust in Covid-19

#Discussion#Immune system#cancer
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Anthony J Leonardi, MBBS, PhD on Twitter