Found: The dial in the brain that controls the immune system

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  "author": "Giorgia Guglielmi",
  "date": "2024-05-01T00:00:00.000Z",
  "description": "Scientists identify the brain cells that regulate inflammation, and pinpoint how they keep tabs on the immune response.",
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  "title": "Found: the dial in the brain that controls the immune system",
  "description": "Scientists identify the brain cells that regulate inflammation, and pinpoint how they keep tabs on the immune response. Scientists identify the brain cells that regulate inflammation, and pinpoint how they keep tabs on the immune response.",
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  "content": "<div>\n                    <article>\n<div>\n        <div>\n            <ul>\n                <li><span>NEWS</span></li>\n                <li>01 May 2024</li>\n            </ul>\n            <div>\n                <p>\n                    Scientists identify the brain cells that regulate inflammation, and pinpoint how they keep tabs on the immune response.\n                </p>\n            </div>\n        </div>\n            <div>\n                <p><span>By</span></p><ul>\n        <li>\n            <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01259-2#author-0\">\n                Giorgia Guglielmi</a><sup><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01259-2#Aff0\">0</a></sup></li>\n</ul>\n<div>\n    <ol>\n            <li>\n                    <span>Giorgia Guglielmi</span>\n                    <ol>\n                        <li>\n                            <p>Giorgia Guglielmi is a science journalist in Basel, Switzerland.</p>\n                        </li>\n                    </ol>\n                    <div>\n                            <div><p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/search?author=Giorgia+Guglielmi\">View author publications</a></p></div>\n                            <div>\n                                <p>\n                                    <span>Search author on:</span>\n                                    <span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=search&amp;term=Giorgia+Guglielmi\">PubMed</a>\n                                    <span> </span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?as_q=&amp;btnG=Search+Scholar&amp;as_sauthors=%22Giorgia%2BGuglielmi%22\">Google Scholar</a>\n                                    </span></p>\n                            </div>\n                       </div>\n            </li>\n    </ol>\n</div>\n            </div>\n    <div>\n        <ul>\n    <li>\n        <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Found:%20the%20dial%20in%20the%20brain%20that%20controls%20the%20immune%20system&amp;body=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fd41586-024-01259-2\">\n            <span>Email</span>\n        </a>\n    </li>\n    <li>\n        <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://bsky.app/intent/compose?text=Found%3A+the+dial+in+the+brain+that+controls+the+immune+system%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fd41586-024-01259-2\">\n            <span>Bluesky</span>\n        </a>\n    </li>\n    <li>\n        <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fd41586-024-01259-2&amp;t=Found%3A+the+dial+in+the+brain+that+controls+the+immune+system\">\n            <span>Facebook</span>\n        </a>\n    </li>\n    <li>\n        <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?text=Found%3A+the+dial+in+the+brain+that+controls+the+immune+system&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fd41586-024-01259-2\">\n            <span>LinkedIn</span>\n        </a>\n    </li>\n    <li>\n        <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.reddit.com/submit?title=Found%3A+the+dial+in+the+brain+that+controls+the+immune+system&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fd41586-024-01259-2\">\n            <span>Reddit</span>\n        </a>\n    </li>\n    <li>\n        <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://wa.me/?text=Found%3A+the+dial+in+the+brain+that+controls+the+immune+system%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fd41586-024-01259-2\">\n            <span>Whatsapp</span>\n        </a>\n    </li>\n    <li>\n        <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Found%3A+the+dial+in+the+brain+that+controls+the+immune+system&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fd41586-024-01259-2\">\n            <span>X</span>\n        </a>\n    </li>\n</ul>\n    </div>\n</div>\n                    <div>\n            <p>\n                <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://wayf.springernature.com/?redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fd41586-024-01259-2\">\n                    <span>Access through your institution</span>\n                </a>\n            </p>\n                <div>\n                    <p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01259-2#access-options\">\n                        <span>Buy or subscribe</span>\n                    </a>\n                </p></div>\n        </div>\n                    <p>Scientists have long known that <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00509-z\">the brain plays a part in the immune system</a> — but how it does so has been a mystery. 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  "author": "Guglielmi, Giorgia",
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