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Plants and animals living in cold climates have natural antifreeze proteins (AFPs) which prevent ice growth and crystallization of organic fluid matter.

The article says it may just be an interesting phenomenon. I found it interesting that the article pointed out that physical activity significantly reduces the infectious burden and cognitive decline, where if children stay physically active and maintain proper vaccination, it may decline the presence of cognitive decline.

This finding could possibly lead to new treatment remedies, slowing the onset of Parkinson's disease. Parkinson's works like the cold virus, the protein alpha synuclein breaks out of the lysosome and enters a neuron. The protein aggregates and clumps, causing cell death.

If we could somehow find a way to work in on humans this could be huge. Many burn victims and other people with wound infections could be save from deadly bacteria, and without some of the harmful side effects of antibiotics.

An interesting article on bacteria that grow where few other things will.

While the number of confirmed cases is really low, the unnerving aspect is that 8 of the 14 people infected died. 

With antibiotic resistance looming, the failure of drug companies to develop new drugs to fight gram-negative bacteria could potentially lead to millions of deaths just from a common cold or from the flu. Drug companies cannot turn out new antimicrobials fast enough, and the ones that they do get out to the public cost billions of dollars.

Scary to think that we're all at risk!

The tested HIV vaccine was based on the common cold virus, to alert the body's immune system.There are still many HIV vaccine trials being tested, so HIV vaccines are still in the works.