The cell helps prevent the immune system from turning against the body's own healthy cells. According to scientists at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia, the findings could lead to new treatments for autoimmune diseases such as arthritis, lupus, and scleroderma. In all those diseases, the body's own cells are attacked by immune cells that normally should be fighting off infectious agents such as bacteria.
T cells are the white blood cells that fight infections.
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