New Dual-Function Brain Cell Found

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Until 2015, anatomy textbooks taught that the human immune system doesn’t penetrate brain tissue. But that same year, University of Virginia neuroscientist Jonathan Kipnis and his team discovered immune system cells working in the brain. The team’s 2016 research revealed an unexpected additional role for molecules previously known only to target invading cells. They then speculated on ways this strange situation may have evolved.

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