The Wistar Institute’s Study: Immune Cells Fighting Chronic Infections Become Progressively ‘Exhausted’ Ineffective: Potential Interventions to Restore Disease-Fighting Capability Outlined

(Philadelphia – October 18, 2007) – A new study of immune cells battling a chronic viral infection shows that the cells, called T cells, become exhausted by the fight in specific ways, undergoing profound changes that make them progressively less effective over time.

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