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\nUniversity of Alberta researcher Dr. Troy Baldwin<\/b> studies T-cells<\/b> and why they sometimes start attacking the body.\n<\/p>\n

\nHis recent important discovery was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.<\/b>\n <\/p>\n


\nDR. TROY BALDWIN:<\/b> So we recently published a manuscript that looked at how T-cells develop in the thymus and what is required to eliminate those bad T-cells. And we found that there was a particular protein named BIM that is involved in cell suicide. And if the cell did not contain this suicide protein, it was able to leave the thymus, enter the periphery and therefore has the potential to cause auto-immune diseases. Even those T-cells that weren\u2019t eliminated, those bad T-cells that weren\u2019t killed, they didn\u2019t cause auto immune diseases. And so, what that really says is that the immune system has developed a number of different ways of trying to control T-cells that would normally attack one\u2019s healthy cell tissues. <\/em>\n<\/p>\n

\nDr. Troy Baldwin will now focus on understanding all the different mechanisms the immune system has to control rogue T-cells.\n<\/p>\n

\nThis could lead to new therapies that actually stop auto-immune diseases in their tracks.\n<\/p>\n


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As the newly formed Alberta Innovates corporation, we still fund top quality, internationally competitive health research and innovation activities to improve the health and wellbeing of Albertans. We provide leadership for Alberta’s health research and innovation enterprise by directing, coordinating, reviewing, funding and supporting research and innovation.<\/p>\n

Working with our many partners  in the health system, we ensure that research achieves innovation in care, policy and practice, and that the needs of patients and clinicians influence research.<\/p>\n

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