“The team found that a resort vacation provides a strong and immediate impact on molecular networks associated with stress and immune pathways […]. A meditation retreat, for those who already used meditation regularly, was associated with molecular networks characterized by antiviral activity. The molecular signature of long-term meditators was distinct from the non-meditating vacationers.”
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