Counting Immune Cells On A 'Protein Printboard'
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 13:21
in Health & Medicine
In order to monitor how far an HIV infection has progressed, the number of immune cells – lymphocytes – must be counted. Researchers have developed a method that neatly arranges the antibodies that bind to these immune cells on a ‘molecular printboard’.
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