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Killer T-Cell

Body’s ‘serial killers’ captured on film destroying cancer cells

19 May 2015

A dramatic video has captured the behaviour of cytotoxic T cells – the body’s ‘serial killers’ – as they hunt down and eliminate cancer cells before...

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Killer T-cell

Immune cells found near tumours boost breast cancer survival

10 Jun 2014

Women with breast cancer are 10 per cent more likely to survive for five years or more if they have certain immune cells near their tumour, according...

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HIV-infected H9 T-cell

New target to fight HIV infection identified

01 Oct 2013

Scientists find mutant protein blocks HIV infection and transmission.

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