Researchers Solve Immunology Riddle

December 13, 2005

Researchers at Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center in Seattle and the University of Washington School of Medicine have made a discovery in cell research that could have important implications for the treatment of lymphomas, autoimmune diseases and transplantation.

The study will be published in the December issue of Immunity (Cell Press).

The researchers identified a crucial trigger that activates a pathway in T and B cells which leads to the survival and growth of cells.

Read the press release.