Maria Faresjo
Jonkoping University, Sweden
Biography
Maria Faresjo was promoted as Professor in Biomedical laboratory sciences at Jonkoping University, Sweden at the age of 37. She is the Head of the Board of the Biomedical platform at Jonkoping University, an unique national arena for biomedical research and education. The main purpose of his research is to study the immunological mechanisms, especially the failure of immune regulatory cells that probably play an important role for the development of several immunological diseases e.g. type 1 diabetes. In collaboration with colleagues, she has recently shown that psychological stress in children may induce an autoimmune response (Journal of Immunology 2014).
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Abstract : Psychological stress- Possible risk factor to induce and maintain autoimmunity in children
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