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“A recent study found that when an airplane is in flight, it has the lowest number of aerosol particles – vehicles for the virus – compared to other spaces. This Aliquot segment features Dr. Roger Seheult, a quadruple board-certified physician serving on the frontlines of COVID-19 care and co-founder of MedCram.”

“Individual variations in genes, known as single nucleotide polymorphisms, or SNPs, might influence how a person responds to a viral infection. Various SNPs impact how the virus enters the host cell, how it replicates and how the host responds.”

“Interferons are responsible for the hallmark symptoms of an infection: fever, muscle pain, and "flu-like" symptoms. SARS-CoV-2 – the virus that causes COVID-19 – attempts to evade the immune system by suppressing the interferon response.”

“A recent innovation in vaccinology involves the exploitation of messenger RNA, or mRNA — the intermediate molecule between DNA in the nucleus and proteins in the cell. This new technology allows rapid scaling of vaccines and facilitates modification if the virus mutates significantly.”

“In fact, Dr. George Church and his team of researchers have been able to use gene editing to make cells in the laboratory resistant to infection from all viruses. Could cell therapies confer this total viral resistance in humans in the future?”

“Onward transmission occurs when an infected person coughs or sneezes and spreads viral particles. Overall transmission happens at the population level and takes into consideration how many people in a given population will get infected and transmit the virus.”

“Scientists first described this biological phenomenon in the 1960s during the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine trials. Vaccines developed against a post-fusion (open) viral protein complex generated non-neutralizing antibodies and caused ADE.”

“Gene therapy using stem cells is a widely-used treatment for adeno-associated virus, or AAV, a mild, non-pathogenic eye infection common to humans and other primates. Future uses of gene therapy include treatment of other eye conditions such as glaucoma and age-related blindness in mice.”

“There may be good reason for this antimicrobial property too: 90% of glioblastomas, a type of brain cancer, have been shown to express a herpes type of virus known as cytomegalovirus.”