Key to immune system could lie in the cheek!
A team led by Professor Phil Stephens in the School of Dentistry have performed an experiment and found out a group of new cells that "suppress the immune systems" function. The cardiff scientists have believed that the new cells that are created will help with the disorders of the immune system. They initially took cheek cells of the patients and cloned them. Then looking at the lab results they figured even a small amount could inhibit the lymphocytes in the immune system. The overall breakthrough of the experiment shows that cheeks cells have the potential for future immune system therapies.
I was intrigued by the results of this particular experiment because its quite amazing how cheeks cells can have such a potential to function in other parts of our body. I mean now cheeks cells are helping fight off diseases? How amazing is that? Maybe this might spark a new light in finding the cure for cancer as well.
10 comments:
very interesting how cheek cells can play a larger role!
wow, just simple cheek cells can do things like fight against immune system illnesses? that's so cool!
This is very interesting! Curing cancer is a bit of a stretch but this does seem like it could be a great medical discovery.
This is a very amazing study. Thank goodness for cheek cells!
This is a very amazing study. Thank goodness for cheek cells!
This is a very amazing study. Thank goodness for cheek cells!
cheek cells? I would've never guessed! I wonder what other unpredictable cells does the same.
I am also surprised at how cheek cells could potentially be so important! Great article
Wow what an unexpected place to find such helpful cells. This could prove to be a breakthrough in science.
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