Worm-and-mouse Tale: B Cells Deserve More Respect
Saturday, March 7, 2009 - 18:49
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.