Discovery of 'new rules of the immune system' could improve treatment of inflammatory diseases, say scientists

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Scientists at the University of Cambridge have discovered that a type of white blood cell—called a regulatory T cell—exists as a single large population of cells that constantly move throughout the body looking for, and repairing, damaged tissue.

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