Respiratory infections like H1N1 and COVID-19 can boost lung cancer cell growth via IL-6, even from dormant cells. Vaccination is crucial for cancer survivors against respiratory viruses to prevent relapse.
Yet, despite their vigilance, microglia can sometimes engage in friendly fire, with a growing body of evidence suggesting they may be the engineers behind some of the brain’s most intractable conditions, such as Alzheimer’s disease and depression.
I am not the first person to be confused about prostate cancer and whether to test for it, but today these questions are of increasing importance because we are in the midst of a troubling global trend.
