Scientists pinpoint metabolic pathway behind age-related immunity loss

Friday, December 14, 2018 - 09:50 in Health & Medicine

The elderly suffer more serious complications from infections and benefit less from vaccination than the general population. Scientists have long known that a weakened immune system is to blame but the exact mechanisms behind this lagging immunity have remained largely unknown. Now research led by investigators at Harvard Medical School suggests that weakened metabolism of […]

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