Rejuvenating the old immune system

Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 13:28 in Health & Medicine

Thanks to the progress in health care and improved living conditions, we live longer. The price we pay: Our immune system loses functionality as we age and and the susceptibility to infections increases. Researchers in Germany are now investigating this aspect of aging using a mouse model that mimics the susceptibility to infection observed in elderly humans.

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