Research on immunity and ageing comes of age

Abstract Ageing has a profound detrimental impact on almost all living organisms. Immune systems play a particularly important role in protection against external challenges (pathogens) and internal insults (cancer) but their protective capacity commonly wanes with advancing age. With the rapid incr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nan-ping Weng, Graham Pawelec
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Series:Immunity & Ageing
Subjects:
Age
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12979-019-0148-9