A worm-and-mouse tale: B cells deserve more respect
Sunday, March 1, 2009 - 09:14
in Health & Medicine
By studying how mice fight off infection by intestinal worms - a condition that affects more than 1 billion people worldwide - scientists have discovered that the immune system is more versatile than has long been thought. The work with worms is opening a new avenue of exploration in the search for treatments against autoimmune diseases like diabetes and asthma, where the body mistakenly attacks its own tissues...