Blocking an immune system molecule in mice may help prevent long-term disabilities after traumatic brain injury
- Written by Jeanne Paz, Associate Investigator at Gladstone Institutes and Associate Professor of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco
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The big idea
Blocking an immune system molecule that accumulates after traumatic brain injury could significantly reduce the injury’s detrimental...