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Recent reporting, analysis and explainers from the Immunology desk.
health
NIH researchers identified rare antibodies that blocked human allergic antibodies from binding alpha-gal-containing red-meat allergens in laboratory tests, a finding that could inform future therapies but is not yet a treatment.
science
A Nature Neuroscience study found that peripheral dendritic cells can prime CD8 T cells in a way that worsens tau-mediated neurodegeneration in mice, suggesting that immune activity outside the brain can influence disease inside it.
science
A Nature study using naturally accumulated somatic mutations as lineage markers found evidence that bone-marrow-derived cells enter the ageing human brain and can become a substantial part of the microglial population.