‘Koschei The Deathless’ By Ivan Bilibin (1901).

Detail #3: The Storm (La Tempête), 1880, by Pierre Auguste Cot.

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This virus actually may boost -- not weaken -- our immune system

Lifelong cytomegalovirus infection may be beneficial, boosting the immune system in old age, when we need it most, according to a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Our immune system is at its peak when we’re young, but after a certain age, it declines and it becomes more difficult for our bodies to fight off new infections.

“That’s why older people are more susceptible to infections than younger people,” explains Janko Nikolich-Zugich, MD, PhD, co-director or the University of Arizona Center on Aging and chairman of the Department of Immunobiology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson.

In search of a way to rejuvenate the immune system of older adults, Dr. Nikolich-Zugich and Megan Smithey, PhD, have found that one particular virus may not weaken, but actually enhance our immune system. Their findings are published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Details of The Roses of Heliogabalus, 1888, by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912)

Yes they are :/ it’s sad and the world is gross. Spend some time talking to vets and they’ll tell you the same.

Hey, this is literally the closest the government can get to interrogation and they’re just getting away with it, what the fuck hell world

John William Godward (1861-1922)

The Mirror, 1899 l A Priestess, 1894 l A Priestess II, 1893

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Blood banks need a constant supply of donors to maintain their supply, but some enzymes that are already in our bodies might be able to help! 

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She put American lives at risk. By releasing info of soldiers who are killing civilians she put our soldiers, who are still there, at risk. Now extremists have justification for killing us. If she was sO cOncerned about war crimes she should have followed the procedure for that. Because America made it illegal, and we have a procedure to report them ; )) but soldiers are forced to kill so they can’t become witnesses if all of them have done it. I’d ((like to)) say most of them aren’t jumping at the idea of death and taking lives, it’s just a part of war. And who’s to say who the civilians are? Most bombs and ambushes are done by civilians. So why didn’t she do the procedure for reporting war crimes or just leak it to Congress? Cui bono? Who benefits?

Hey, this is literally the closest the government can get to interrogation and they’re just getting away with it, what the fuck hell world

Not to be dramatic but I’m in Love with Michelangelo’s David