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Happy to share our new findings. Zinc selectively activates human CD56dim NK cells and our inital zinc score determines NK cell frequencies in the circulation www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @rwth.bsky.social
Selective impact of zinc on human circulating CD56dim NK cells
Natural Killer (NK) cells are essential for recognizing aberrant and virus-infected cells. Adequate levels of the trace element zinc are known to be i…
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November 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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October 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Those comments planted the seed of a new approach." #NationalPostdocAppreciationWeek https://scim.ag/4n7LNPZ
In academia, hard work is expected—but taking a break is effort well spent, too
How one researcher learned the importance of taking time away from work
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Forschende der Uniklinik RWTH Aachen und des Universitätsklinikums Düsseldorf haben einen bisher unentdeckten Vorläufer von natürlichen Killer-Zellen (NK-Zellen) im menschlichen Thymus identifiziert. 👍

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Immunologen der Uniklinik RWTH Aachen und Uniklinik Düsseldorf entdecken neuen Vorläufer von natürlichen Killer-Zellen im menschlichen Thymus
Forschende der AG „Natürliche Killer (NK)-Zellen und Innate Lymphoid Cells (ILCs)“ am Institut für Immunologie der Uniklinik RWTH Aachen sowie der AG „Natürliche Immunität“ am Institut für Transplanta...
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August 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Honoured to publish at @science.org Advances. We identified a human NK cell progenitor that originates in the thymus and generates KIR+NKG2A− NK cells www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... thanks to @rwth.bsky.social @hhu.de @dzne.science funding: KT boost fund @gso-forresearchers.bsky.social @dfg.de
A human NK cell progenitor that originates in the thymus and generates KIR+NKG2A− NK cells
A thymus-dependent NK cell differentiation pathway leads to the generation of KIR+NKG2A− NK cells.
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August 9, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Are you interested in nutrition and immunology? Very excited to share our new study about the effects of zinc supplementation on NK cells and ILCs. Surprisingly, overall 72% of our study participants were classified as zinc deficient. translational-medicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Short-term oral zinc supplementation enhances Natural Killer cell functionality and decreases circulating Innate Lymphoid Cell counts and frequencies in healthy young adults - Journal of Translational...
Background Zinc is an essential trace element with high importance for immune function. Previous research has shown that vegetarians and vegans are at increased risk of zinc deficiency, due to low zin...
translational-medicine.biomedcentral.com
March 15, 2025 at 6:39 AM