He and his colleagues have made significant discoveries about
how immune memory cells are created and how long they survive; understanding these mechanisms is crucial to the development of vaccines for HIV and other infectious agents.
Not exact matches
Associate Professor Palmer said that this next - generation test showed that HIV hides in the body's
immune memory T - cells, which is
how it avoids detection from the
immune system.
«By combining the genetic analysis of a small population of
immune cells from healthy skin with functional experiments we were able to define two subgroups of
memory immune cell and in detail decipher / dissect
how these cells behave in healthy and inflamed skin,» explains Liv Eidsmo, researcher at Karolinska Institutet's Department of Medicine.
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How antiviral antibodies become part of
immune memory: Survey of activated B cells during Ebola infection, flu vaccination in humans.»
By turning on the
immune system in flies artificially (with no infection present) we reduced
how long they slept and
how well they performed in a
memory test.
At JAX's new Alzheimer's Disease Precision Models Center, Howell is genetically manipulating mice to understand
how unhealthy lifestyle habits trigger
immune responses in the brain, leading to a cascade of events that may ultimately impair thinking and
memory, as in Alzheimer's disease.
And, we'll tie together the previous levels by connecting
how inflammation related to the previous system discussions - poor digestion,
immune dysfunction, hormonal dysregulation, genetic snps, and environmental toxin exposures (including emotional toxins)- contribute to an increased risk of chronic rehab challenges, including chronic joint pain, poor surgical or injury recovery, obesity,
memory loss or dementia, diabetes, or even poor sports performance.