‘Call to arms’ rallies virus-fighter cells
Scientists have identified the primary player of the biochemical “bugle call” that musters the body’s defenders against viral infection.
“If an injection of interferon is given within a certain time frame in the infectious process, we found that it was possible to decrease viral spread and bolster antiviral CD8 T cell responses in our mouse model,” says Yaming Wang, a predoctoral trainee in immunobiology at Washington University in St. Louis.
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