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How does stress make us ill? Study sheds light
« on: January 12, 2018, 01:38:48 pm »
How does stress make us ill? Study sheds light
Published Thursday 11 January 2018
By Honor Whiteman   
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Psychological stress is a well-known risk factor for illness, but how exactly does it make us sick? A new study has provided some interesting insight.
 
Researchers at Michigan State University in East Lansing have revealed how a protein known as corticotropin-releasing factor receptor subtype 1 (CRF1) responds to stress by sending signals to specific immune cells.

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/320594.php