Old mystery solved, revealing origin of regulatory T cells that 'police' and protect the body
...ction. Some autoreactive T cells escape the thymic censorship process and are released into the circulation. For that reason, researchers searched for additional mechanisms that exist in the blood and lymph system outside of the thymus to take care of these bad actors - which led to the discovery of regulatory ...Nobel Laureate Eric Kandel condemns 'censorship' of scientists
.... "There's very little funding, there's political censorship about what one does and how one speaks about it," he said. "I think the scientific community is extremely concerned about the future of this country given the restrictions on science at the moment." He added later that these restrictions are "all the...Analysis of Spanish flu cases in 1918-1920 suggests transfusions might help in bird flu pandemic
...exacerbated the spread of the disease; and wartime censorship may have affected publication of existing research. (The name "Spanish flu" came from the fact that Spain was not a partner in World War I and its press was freer to report details of the pandemic than press in combatant countries who did not want re...