Immune System is Loyal to Body's Own Tissue

For our immune system to fight infections without damaging the body's own cells, it must first distinguish between self and foreign cells. The immune system is loyal to cells in the body, but how this works is not fully understood. Researchers in the Departments of Biomedicine and Nephrology at the University Hospital and the University of Basel have discovered that the immune system uses a molecular biological clock to target intolerant T cells during their maturation process. ...