Researchers Invigorate 'Exhausted' Immune Cells
Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 08:35
in Health & Medicine
In battles against chronic infections, the body's key immune cells often become exhausted and ineffective. Researchers have now found a way to restore vigor to these killer T cells by blocking a key receptor on their surface, findings that may advance the development of new therapies for diseases such as HIV, hepatitis B and C, and cancer.