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RCSI researchers discover new way to halt excessive inflammation

RCSI researchers have discovered a new way to ‘put the brakes’ on excessive inflammation by regulating a type of white blood cell that is critical for our immune system.

Dr Claire McCoy RCSI
Dr Claire McCoy, Senior Lecturer in Immunology at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences. Photo credit: Patrick Bolger

RCSI researchers have discovered a new way to ‘put the brakes’ on excessive inflammation by regulating a type of white blood cell that is critical for our immune system.

The discovery has the potential to protect the body from unchecked damage caused by inflammatory diseases.

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