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Allergy & Immunology
NIH research may lead to new approaches to enhanced immune responses
May 10th, 2006
In a recent issue of the journal, Nature, scientists at the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) describe a new understanding about how long-term immunity works - findings that may lead to new ways of thinking about how to enhance certain immune responses and how to improve vaccines. Led by immunologist Ronald Germain, MD, PhD, the scientists took videos through a microscope to document what happens inside the lymph nodes of a living mouse shortly after a vaccination. The videos reveal that the movement of a specific type of immune cell known as a CD8+ T cell, also called a cytotoxic T...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2006-05-10)
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