A Hidden Immune Structure Inside the Skull May Be the Body’s First Line of Defense Against Brain Tumors

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For most of human history, the skull has had one obvious job: protect the brain. A new study suggests it may also have another role: researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified hidden immune structures inside skull bone marrow that appear to help coordinate defenses against brain tumors in mice.

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• It does reveal a previously unknown part of the body's immune system and adds to a growing shift in how researchers understand the relationship between the brain and immunity.
• A Hidden Immune Structure Inside the Skull Researchers found organized immune structures inside mouse skull bone marrow that had not previously been recognized in this […] The post A Hidden Immune Structure...
• The discovery does not mean scientists have found a brain cancer treatment or a newly classified human organ.
• Scientists have found that a structure long viewed as protection for the brain may also be part of the body's immune response.