covid: T cells triggered by common cold also fend off Covid: Study - Times of India

covid: T cells triggered by common cold also fend off Covid: Study - Times of India

"The findings, published in the journal Nature Communications, provide further evidence of the protective effects of T cells, an arm of the immune system that's gaining attention as the pandemic stretches into its third year and new variants like omicron erode vaccine protection.

"'Being exposed to the SARS-CoV-2 virus doesn't always result in infection, and we've been keen to understand why,' said Rhia Kundu, the study's lead author and a researcher at Imperial's National Heart and Lung Institute. 'We found that high levels of pre-existing T cells, created by the body when infected with other human coronaviruses like the common cold, can protect.'"