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Cancer symposium connects generations around immunotherapy treatment
Maureen Cox, a postdoctoral scholar at Toronto's Princess Margaret Hospital talks with geneticist and oncologist Tak Mak Feb 6, 2019. Cox's research has uncovered a surprising connection between the immune system and the nervous system that helps immune cells find their way to infected tissue. The find could help improve the success rate of immune therapies for cancer and the effectiveness of flu vaccines among other promising applications. (Moe Doiron/The Globe and Mail)
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In an effort to boost your immune system, are you getting too much zinc?
Leslie Beck
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Second wave of COVID-19 causes further strain for Manitoba patients awaiting surgery
Two-year-old Hallie Thiessen with her mother, Cari-Lynn Thiessen and older sister Addison at their home in Steinbach, Manitoba on December 10, 2020. Hallie has been diagnosed with a rare form of Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease and requires a feeding tube. SHANNON VANRAES / THE GLOBE AND MAIL
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Over 65? Pay attention to your protein intake
Leslie Beck
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Can exercise help maintain a strong immune system?
Alex Hutchinson
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What to eat to maintain an immune system-friendly diet
Leslie Beck
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Researchers encouraged by return of killer whales to Salish Sea, but say food source must be replenished
FILE - In this July 31, 2015 file photo, an orca leaps out of the water near a whale watching boat in the Salish Sea in the San Juan Islands, Wash. In an unprecedented absence, the endangered orcas have not been here at all this summer, except for one visit by J pod, in a brief lap around San Juan Island one day in early May. They immediately left, and no one's seen any of the members of J, K or L pod since. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)