Combination Treatment Fortifies the Aging Immune System (2 of 2) (IMAGE)

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Combination Treatment Fortifies the Aging Immune System (2 of 2)

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Respiratory tract infections represent a significant health risk to the elderly. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the July 11 issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The paper, by J.B. Mannick at Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research in Cambridge, Mass.; and colleagues was titled, "TORC1 inhibition enhances immune function and reduces infections in the elderly."

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