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Fatty acids found to influence immune defense during chronic infections

by Mario Aguilera, University of California – San Diego edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan  Editors’ notes  The GIST Add as preferred source Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Our immune system employs an array of strategies to combat infectious threats. White blood cells called cytotoxic T lymphocytes, or “CD8 T cells,” are soldiers of the immune system, […]

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Fatty acids feed cancer-promoting bacteria: How chronic cellular stress alters the gut microbiome

Peer-Reviewed Publication Technical University of Munich (TUM) image: A team led by Dirk Haller, Professor of Immunology and Nutrition at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), and Dr. Olivia Coleman has deciphered a mechanism by which bacteria in the gut microbiome multiply that, in excessive amounts, promote cancer. In this image, Dirk Haller and Olivia

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