ScienceLittle-known arm of the immune system could be key to better vaccines and cancer therapies
Science reports that the CD1 system responds to lipids, not proteins, driving reactions to bee stings, bacteria and possibly poison ivy.
TLDR
Science describes CD1 as a little-known arm of the immune system that could be key to better vaccines and cancer therapies. It responds to lipids rather than proteins, driving reactions to bee stings and bacteria—and possibly poison ivy.
Little-known arm of the immune system could be key to better vaccines and cancer therapies
Science reports that the CD1 system responds to lipids, not proteins, driving reactions to bee stings, bacteria and possibly poison ivy.
TLDR
Science describes CD1 as a little-known arm of the immune system that could be key to better vaccines and cancer therapies. It responds to lipids rather than proteins, driving reactions to bee stings and bacteria—and possibly poison ivy.