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Immune cells’ ability to persist and replicate long outlives species lifespan

Immune cells called T cells were activated in mice and transferred to new mice; the process was repeated several times. The T-cell population derived from the original mice continued to respond to the same immune trigger after ten years — which is about four times the lifespan of a mouse.

This is a summary of: Soerens, A. G. et al. Functional T cells are capable of supernumerary cell division and longevity. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05626-9 (2023).

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-04529-z

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