Did you ever think it would bepossible for our immune system to be turned off? A new “off switch” has been
identified by scientists from Trinity College Dublin. There is a certain
protein, TMED7, which can “turn off” part of the immune system. With the
ability to turn off the immune system we are able to boost our immune response.
TMED7 is the first of the family of proteins that it’s a part of that helps
regulate out immune system.
If we are able to shut down our
immune response, it would help prevent our immune system from attacking our
bodies. This protein could be beneficial
to us when receiving vaccines. Often times when vaccines are received, our
immune systems don’t develop a strong response to the vaccine which basically
defeats the purpose of the vaccine.
7 comments:
An on and Off switch is crazy!! Its interesting how your body can do this and still be able to function.
On & off? that is crazy. Soon we might even be able to turn it on and off ourselves haha
Wow this is really interesting. This could also be really helpful for people who receive organ transplants so that their bodies don't reject the organ!
i agree with all of you so cool and it can help in the medical field a whole lot!
I was about to say what Kevin did, this is really going to be helpful with complicated surgeries like that.
Maybe this could be used to help certain vaccines be administered in the future.
How can turning off our immune system boost immune responses?
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