• CaptainPedantic@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    8
    ·
    edit-2
    7 months ago

    Here’s how it works

    The inverse vaccine takes advantage of a natural process in which the liver marks molecules from broken-down cells with “do not attack” flags to prevent autoimmune reactions to those cells as they die by natural processes. PME researchers coupled an antigen—a molecule being attacked by the immune system—with a molecule resembling a fragment of an aged cell that the liver would recognize as friend rather than foe.