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JUNE 4, 2009
  Penn Study Demonstrates New Way to Boost Immune Memory
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University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine researchers have found that a common anti-diabetic drug might enhance the effectiveness of vaccines. The findings are described this week in an advanced online publication of Nature. In the photo, two co-authors of the study, Erika Pearce, PhD and Gretchen Harms, view T-cells on a computer screen.

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Erika Pearce and Gretchen Harms
 


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