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NIH Grant Could Help Lead to Medical Breakthroughs

Researcher(s) Keywords:

  1. Central nervous system
  2. autoimmune
  3. pediatric
  4. Leukemia
  5. signaling
  6. immune response
  7. Chemokine

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Vines, Charlotte
College: Science
Department: Biological Sciences
NIH Grant Could Help Lead to Medical Breakthroughs
Date: July 31, 2015 at 16:55



One day, scientists might be able to use the body’s natural immune response to fight off bacteria and viruses. Thanks to the pioneering research of Charlotte M. Vines, Ph.D., that day might not be too far away. As part of a $1.51 million, four-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of General Medical Sciences, Vines will study how the C-C chemokine receptor type 7 (CCR7) regulates the levels of antibodies made during a secondary immune response. The seconda....


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