【英語(yǔ)閱讀】說(shuō)出來(lái)你可能不信，戀愛(ài)的人能抵抗感冒

Valentine's Day is over, but that doesn't mean you have to give up on love. There are numerous benefits to showing affection, and according to a new study, those include warding off colds.

情人節(jié)過(guò)去了，但這不意味著你就要放棄愛(ài)情。新研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，戀愛(ài)有很多好處，其中還包括防止感冒。

 The new research, published in the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology, found that falling in love is associated with an increased activity of certain genes, particularly ones involved in antiviral defenses. In other words, love could help us fight off viruses like colds and the flu.

發(fā)表在“心理神經(jīng)內(nèi)分泌學(xué)”雜志上的這項(xiàng)新研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，墜入愛(ài)河與某些基因的活動(dòng)增加有關(guān)，尤其是那些參與抗病毒防御的基因。換句話(huà)說(shuō)，愛(ài)可以幫助我們抵御感冒和流感等病毒。

The small study involved just 47 women who were given weekly questionnaires and had their blood taken over 24 months, depending on their relationship timeline. To be eligible for the study, women had to be in a new relationship, which was defined as seeing someone for less than a month.

這項(xiàng)小型研究?jī)H涉及47名女性，每周進(jìn)行一次問(wèn)卷調(diào)查，并根據(jù)他們的關(guān)系時(shí)間表對(duì)他們的血液進(jìn)行24個(gè)月的采訪。為了有資格參加這項(xiàng)研究，女性必須處于一種新的關(guān)系中，這種關(guān)系被定義為在不到一個(gè)月的時(shí)間內(nèi)看到某人。

While women who fell in love over the course of the study had increased activity of the immunity genes, this wasn't observed in women who did not fall in love.

雖然在研究過(guò)程中墜入愛(ài)河的女性增加了免疫基因的活性，但在沒(méi)有墜入愛(ài)河的女性中卻沒(méi)有觀察到這種情況。

 "This could reflect a kind of a proactive response to anticipating future intimate contact, given that most viruses are spread via close physical contact," said Damian Murray, lead author of the study and assistant professor at Tulane's School of Science and Engineering.

“這可能反映了對(duì)預(yù)期未來(lái)親密接觸的積極反應(yīng)，因?yàn)榇蠖鄶?shù)病毒是通過(guò)密切的身體接觸傳播的，”該研究的第一作者，杜蘭科學(xué)與工程學(xué)院的助理教授Damian Murray說(shuō)。

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