Natural born killers -- how the body's frontline immune cells decide which cells to destroy
Monday, July 27, 2009 - 19:42
in Biology & Nature
The mechanism used by 'Natural Killer' immune cells in the human body to distinguish between diseased cells, which they are meant to destroy, and normal cells, which they are meant to leave alone, is revealed in new detail in research published today (Tuesday 28 July) in PLoS Biology.