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A segment of the lymph node. Illustration: depositphotos.com

New information about phagocytic cells of the immune system may lead to treatments for incurable autoimmune diseases

The origin of the mysterious macrophages, known in scientific language as Tingible Body Macrophages (TBM), originates from progenitor cells of the blood system that emerge from the bone marrow and settle in the lymph nodes, where they quickly and efficiently digest cell remnants
Plasma cells - B cells of the immune system attack viruses. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The aging immune system: can the wheel be turned back?

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Researchers at the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine at the Technion deciphered new aspects of the aging of the immune system - and discovered that it is possible to restore its youth
Cell T (in red) selects cell B (in blue) for the "training camp". In green - B cells lacking ICAMs. Photographed using a two-photon laser scanning microscope. Source: Weizmann Institute magazine.

Corrective immune discrimination

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B cells in the immune system. From Wikipedia

The Technion researchers were able to show that it is possible to reverse the aging process of the immune system in mice

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