Autoimmunity is the immune system’s Jekyll-and-Hyde transformation. Normally benevolent, protective cells–T cells–reveal a dark side by attacking the body’s healthy tissue. But new research suggests that in nerve injury, this usually destructive behavior of T cells may not be all bad.
In experiments on rats, Israeli and U.S.
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