Sunday, 16 March 2014

Stroke-Related Disability Could be Lowered by Blocking Immune Response

Stroke is one of the major causes of permanent disability and the fourth leading killer in the world . This may no longer be the same as scientists have now found that using a compound to block the body's immune response reduces chances of disability after a stroke significantly. The study shows that after a stroke, the injured brain cells provoke the particular immune cells 'CD4+' T-cells to produce a substance, 'IL-21', that kills the neurons in ...

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