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Sleep could help fight against infection: study
Source: Xinhua| 2019-02-14 15:07:50| Editor: xuxin
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Sleep could enhance the target ability of immune cells inside human body to help fight off infection, a recent study said.
"This finding shows that sleep has the potential to enhance the efficiency of effector T cell responses," according to the report.
Researchers said that compared with the wake condition, sleep significantly increased the mean fluorescence intensity of T cells, a type of white blood cell that fights off infection inside human body.
"Our results demonstrate that a couple of hours of sleep loss suffice to…
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