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Researchers identify B immune cells that promote axon myelination in developing neurons

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	March 19, 2018
	Immunology
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Researchers identify B immune cells that promote axon myelination in developing neurons

Neurons are specialized cells of the nervous system that communicate using electrical signals, which propagate down long, wire-like projections called axons. The conduction of these signals requires myelin, a fatty substance that surrounds axons in much the same way that plastic coating surrounds an electrical wire.

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			Blood donor scraps help researchers to discover new insight into human immune system Iowa State University researchers have discovered new insight into the human immune system from an unlikely source, the leftover material from blood donation banks.

	DNA sequencing can direct immune system to attack cancer DNA sequences from tumor cells can be used to direct the immune system to attack cancer, according to scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

	Nervous system can "put the brakes" on immune response and prevent excessive inflammation Cells in the nervous system can "put the brakes" on the immune response to infections in the gut and lungs to prevent excessive inflammation, according to research by Weill Cornell Medicine scientists. This insight may one day lead to new ways to treat diseases caused by unchecked inflammation, such as asthma and inflammatory bowel disease.

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	Novel oncolytic virus expressing BiTE molecule elicits T cell-mediated killing of tumor cells In a research article published in EMBO Molecular Medicine, a group of scientists at the University of Oxford have described a new twist on cancer immunotherapy, combining two independent cell killing approaches in a single therapeutic with high potency and broad applicability.