Blood Immune Cells Enter the Aging Brain, Reshaping Brain Immunity
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Stanford researchers show that immune cells from the blood can migrate into the aging brain and become microglia, challenging the view of brain immunity as isolated and opening potential new immunotherapy avenues for neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's.
Topics:health#aging#alzheimers-disease#brain-immune#clonal-hematopoiesis#health-and-medicine#microglia
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