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Discovery could help finetune immunity to fight infections, disease
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Discovery could help finetune immunity to fight infections, disease

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY IMAGE: STUDY AUTHOR JINGRU SUN REMOVES A VIAL OF BACTERIA FROM A REFRIGERATOR IN HER RESEARCH LAB. CREDIT: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY PHOTO SPOKANE, Wash.—Research led by Washington State University scientists supports a novel theory that the innate immune system people are born with can respond differently to specific pathogens. This quality, known...

Study reveals how immune cells can be trained to fight infections
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Study reveals how immune cells can be trained to fight infections

by Stuart Wolpert and Todd Schindler,  University of California, Los Angeles In this image from a microscopy video, scientists track the activity of NFκB inside the cell as it responds to a stimulus. Credit: Brooks Taylor/UCLA The body’s immune cells naturally fight off viral and bacterial microbes and other invaders, but they can also be reprogrammed...