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01/27/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

Discovered: HOW stress makes you sick – it compromises immune cells, turning their “defense chemicals” on themselves, resulting in inflammation, allergic reactions, increased risk of disease

Ever wondered why you get sick whenever you are stressed? A group of scientists from the University of Michigan looked at how stress makes a person sick. The group carried out a rat study in order to determine how the immune cells responded to psychological and allergic stress. There were two groups of rats – […]

12/28/2017 / By Ralph Flores

Researchers discover immune cells help clear damage, rebuild nerves after injury

While people usually identify immune cells in preventing bacteria, a team of scientists from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine showed that these cells could do so much more than keeping you from getting sick. According to their study, immune cells called neutrophils assist in clearing nerve debris after sustaining an injury. Researchers […]

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