Researchers at the University of Cambridge say their discovery of “new rules of the immune system” could improve the treatment of inflammatory diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS).
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00:00It is the cell that is dedicated to shut down inflammation, they actually block any immune
00:22response and instead they initiate a healing response.
00:26This makes them a really powerful cell type to combat any inflammatory condition or any
00:34autoimmune disease.
00:43So by injecting this vector into the bloodstream, that vector can then go into the brain.
00:48It can give its DNA cargo over to cells that are inside the brain so they can start making
00:54this protein that helps the regulatory T-cells get into the brain and grow up in number.
01:01And this creates an environment where you've got more regulatory T-cells, a more anti-inflammatory
01:06and pro-healing environment.