Vitamin D helps immune system
MEDICINE Vitamin D plays a key role in fighting infection by "priming" inert white blood cells known as T-cells into killer cells that seek and destroy unwelcome invaders, Danish scientists have found.
They say their discovery could help in the development of vaccines and ways to combat auto-immune diseases and cancer.
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