Dwell Time As The Missing Link: Counting The Seconds For Immunological Tolerance

Sunday, October 5, 2014 - 09:31 in Biology & Nature

Our immune system must distinguish between self and foreign and in order to fight infections without damaging the body's own cells at the same time. The immune system is loyal to cells in the body, but how this works is not fully understood. A new study has discovered that the immune system uses a molecular biological clock to target intolerant T cells during their maturation process.  read more

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