Tag: cytomegalovirus

  • Smoking ruins your Immune System for a long time after you quit

    Smoking ruins your Immune System for a long time after you quit

    Researchers from the Netherlands and China have found that cigarette smoking, body mass index and previous infection with cytomegalovirus affect human immune system’s response. Researchers further found that having a higher body mass index and having previously been infected with a typically benign virus called cytomegalovirus also affect immune response. They have now expanded their…