Immunity![]() Immunity articles21. Immunity :: A nurse makes the decision on who will liveThymic nurse cells are specialized cells of the thymus capable of taking up as many as 50 developing T cells into their cytoplasm. 22. Immunity :: Natural immune-control system may aid treatment of autoimmune disease and tissue rejection The immune system?s ability to police itself may offer a new method of arresting the cells responsible for autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis and for the rejection of transplanted organs and tissues, scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute report in a study in the May issue of the journal Immunity and which will be available online on May 17, 12 noon ET. 23. Immunity :: Nondanger signal lowers immune reactions Rheumatology researchers have discovered that a well-known cell receptor sends a signal to dampen the immune system. 24. Immunity :: The yin and the yang of B-cell development A new paper in the May 15 issue of Genes & Development reveals how a protein called Yin Yang 1 regulates early B cell development. 25. Immunity :: Diagnostic Center for Primary Immunodeficiencies at UC San Francisco Today, the Jeffrey Modell Foundation (JMF), together with Baxter Healthcare Corporation, celebrated the opening of the Jeffrey Modell Diagnostic Center for Primary Immunodeficiencies at the University of California?San Francisco (UCSF). |