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Ep. 32: “Memory T Cell Responses” Featuring Dr. Laura Mackay

By July 5, 2022January 9th, 2023No Comments

Laura Mackay

Guest:

Dr. Laura Mackay is a Professor and Laboratory Head at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity at the University of Melbourne. She talks about her tissue-resident memory T cell research and her ongoing collaboration with Pfizer to identify and validate new targets for cancer therapy.

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Tregs and Hair Growth – After acute hair loss, Tregs communicate with hair follicle stem cells to stimulate stem cell proliferation and hair regrowth.

Image courtesy of Dr. Laura Mackay

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