50 Immune-mediated diseases and the role of Regulatory T cells in dogs and humans

21/09/2010 44 min
50 Immune-mediated diseases and the role of Regulatory T cells in dogs and humans

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Episode Synopsis

A number of diseases arise because the immune system begins to attack the body’s own cells. Here Dr Oliver Garden describes how these diseases arise and his research into the role of a particular type of immune cell, the regulatory T cell, in this phenomenon across species.