Vaccines less effective at protecting elderly from COVID - study
Research from the Technion states that the cells memory B lymphocytes are not strong enough within the elderly population, which are relied upon to produce antibodies - improving the immune system.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
, AUGUST 14, 2021
An elderly man walking in Jerusalem wearing a COVID-19 mask, (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)
Vaccines
are reportedly not as effective in protecting senior citizens from
getting the novel coronavirus in comparison to people from different age
groups, according to researchers by the Technion Institute of
Technology.
Their
research states that the cell memory B lymphocytes are not strong
enough within the elderly population, which are relied upon to produce
antibodies - thus improving the immune system, according to the press
release published on Tuesday.
Weaker memory B lymphocytes result in COVID-19 being a larger threat within the elderly.
According to the Technion researchers, existing memory B lymphocytes prevent the production of new ones over time.
They
concluded that the human immune system would grow accustomed to
responding to pathogens that are familiar to it. On the other hand, this
would also cause the immune system to weaken in combating new diseases.
This whole process then causes vaccines to be less effective to protect
senior citizens.
Technion
researchers had reportedly wanted to revitalize the immune system. They
discovered that removing a certain amount of older memory B lymphocytes
within elderly patients found their immune system to improve immensely
with their body able to produce more new high potent B lymphocytes.
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