Strokes in Babies: Here’s How the Body Rushes to the Rescue

Monday, August 31, 2020 - 11:00 in Health & Medicine

New research from the School of Medicine is shedding light on the development of the brain’s immune defenses – and how those defenses respond to strokes that strike one in 4,000 babies in the first month of life. The brain’s frontline defenders are immune cells known as microglia. These cells make up 10%-15% of all […]

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