HSS Study Reveals How Early-Life Cellular Process Helps Shape Lifelong Immune Health

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) have uncovered a critical link between the immune system in early life and its function in adulthood. The study, published in Science Immunology, identifies a new role for specialized skin immune cells, called Langerhans cells, in shaping the development of lymphatic vessels—an essential part of the body’s immune network. Lymphatic vessels act as communication highways, carrying signals from tissues to the immune syste