Researchers at Pirbright discover more about how chickens fight Marek’s disease
Posted: 11 November, 2022
Scientists at The Pirbright Institute have identified key differences in the immune response of chickens that are resistant to Marek’s disease, and those that are not.
This research could pave the way for the development of more effective vaccines against this serious disease.
In a recent paper published in Frontiers in Immunology, researchers at the Institute discovered that immune cells, known as T cells, had distinct functions depending on the susceptibility of the chickens to disease.
