Penn study demonstrates new way to boost immune memory
Thursday, June 4, 2009 - 10:42
in Health & Medicine
PHILADELPHIA - After a vaccination or an infection, the human immune system remembers to keep protecting against invaders it has already encountered, with the aid of specialized B-cells and T-cells.
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