News Finding: The researchers hope that by understanding how the worm infection was able to slow the spread of prions to the brain, they may be able to design novel treatments to block prion diseases.
Paper Finding: In contrast, the number of CD68
News Context: Our findings may help to explain why some animals are at more risk than others of developing prion disease." The researchers hope that by understanding how the worm infection was able to slow the spread of prions to the brain, they may be able to design novel treatments to block prion diseases. ENDS
  
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  The Roslin Institute receives strategic investment funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and it is part of The University of Edinburgh's Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies.
Paper Context: IHC and morphometric analysis revealed that the abundance of CD11c + MNP was specifically and significantly increased in the Peyer's patches on d 8 after H. polygyrus infection (Fig. In contrast, the number of CD68 + MNP (indicative of tissue macrophages) in the Peyer's patches was unchanged during H. polygyrus infection (Fig.