A key to keeping killer T cells in prime shape for fighting infection
Sunday, November 30, 2008 - 14:07
in Health & Medicine
Like tuning a violin to produce strong, elegant notes, researchers at The Wistar Institute have found multiple receptors on the outside of the body's killer immune system cells which they believe can be selectively targeted to keep the cells in superb infection- and disease-fighting condition...
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