Our immune systems tend to become weaker as we grow old, leaving us vulnerable to infectious diseases and cancer and eroding our ability to benefit from vaccination. Now Stanford University School of Medicine scientists have found that blocking the action of a single protein whose levels in our immune cells creep steadily upward with age can restore those cells' response to a vaccine. This discovery holds important long-term therapeutic ramifications, ...Monday, 1 October 2012
Stanford Study Finds Blocking Key Protein Could Halt Age-Related Decline in Immune System
Our immune systems tend to become weaker as we grow old, leaving us vulnerable to infectious diseases and cancer and eroding our ability to benefit from vaccination. Now Stanford University School of Medicine scientists have found that blocking the action of a single protein whose levels in our immune cells creep steadily upward with age can restore those cells' response to a vaccine. This discovery holds important long-term therapeutic ramifications, ...
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