New Nano Device Detects Immune System Cell Signaling

Wednesday, September 3, 2008 - 15:35 in Biology & Nature

Scientists have detected previously unnoticed chemical signals that individual cells in the immune system use to communicate with each other over short distances. The originated in dendritic cells - the sentinels of the immune system - and were received by nearby T-cells, which coordinate attacks on agents that cause disease or infection.

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