Dr Antoine Roquilly

University Hospital of Nantes, France

Health & Medicine

Understanding the response of our immune system’s powerful army

Our immune systems can swing from cytokine storm to immune suppression when fighting infection; understanding why could help us tackle the flu and COVID-19

Health & Medicine

Why flu can be fatal

Patients that become very ill after briefly recovering from a primary infection like flu may have an ‘immunological scar’, and intensive care treatments could be part of the problem

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