Sentences with phrase «lasting immune memory»
The response is specific to the microbe and leaves a lasting immune memory, which makes the response to future reinfection more efficient (see here for more information).
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In a report on the research published online last week in the journal Brain, Behavior and Immunity, the investigators say that the part of the brain responsible for memory and spatial navigation (the hippocampus) was smaller over the long term in the male offspring exposed to the overactive immune system in the womb.
After the body has defeated a viral or bacterial invasion, the immune system usually starts losing its memory of the attacker as the last invaders fade away.
These latter two cell types can mount effective immune responses to viruses and tumors; whereas, exhausted T cells fail and memory T cells, in particular, for long - lasting durable effects.
The immune system can also form long - lasting memories specific to the disease for faster response times should the disease re-emerge.