Mount Sinai researchers discover origin of immune cells in the brain

Friday, October 22, 2010 - 14:31 in Biology & Nature

Mount Sinai researchers have discovered that microglia, the immune cells that reside in the brain, have a unique origin and are formed shortly after conception. It was previously thought that...

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