Professor David Tarlinton and Dr Kim Good-Jacobson (IMAGE)

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute

Professor David Tarlinton and Dr Kim Good-Jacobson

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Australian researchers have identified a protein responsible for preserving the antibody-producing cells that lead to long-term immunity after infection or vaccination. Professor David Tarlinton (left), Dr Kim Good-Jacobson (right) and colleagues from Melbourne's Walter and Eliza Hall Institute discovered the presence of a protein called Myb was essential for antibody-producing plasma cells to migrate into bone marrow, preserving them for many years or even decades. Their findings were published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine.

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