TV crime drama compound highlights immune cells' misdeeds

Monday, March 23, 2009 - 09:14 in Biology & Nature

Detectives on television shows often spray crime scenes with a compound called luminol to make blood glow. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have applied the same compound to much smaller crime scenes: sites where the immune system attacks the body's own tissues...

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