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Antigen-specific T cells
T cells, a type of CD8 T cells (also called cytotoxic T lymphocyte) that are activated against a specific antigen. CD8 T cells identify and eliminate foreign cells, such as cancer cells or virus-infected cells. Antigen specific T cells are capable of identifying a specific antigen that is specific to the invading cells.
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MAR 24, 2017Immunology
Antigens produced by the testes that scientists thought were forever withdrawn from the rest of the body actually have c ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 09, 2017Immunology
Senior author of a new Science Signaling study Dr. Manish Butte describes T cells as like “the shy person a ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 01, 2017Cardiology
Following a heart attack, the same cells of the immune system that help put damaged heart tissue back together can malfu ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 22, 2017Immunology
New technology allows scientists to watch immune cells move in real time, and researchers recently took advantage of thi ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 07, 2016Microbiology
Nobody likes going to the dentist, but most of us do it anyway. Why? Because regular dental care helps prevent thi ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 11, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Scientists are hard at work improving immune cells called T cells, which are naturally designed to recognize and target ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 04, 2016Microbiology
Here’s a question. Is Lyme disease more common nowadays? Lyme disease used to be a disease specific to the ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 02, 2016Immunology
When humans go to sleep, their immune cells come out to play. A new study from the WPI Immunology Frontier Research Cent ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 12, 2016Immunology
The key ingredient in the recipe that make staphylococcus and streptococcus infections so dangerous? Superantigen toxins ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 24, 2016Immunology
The symptoms of poison ivy rashes and other skin conditions are commonly known. For poison ivy, it’s a painful and ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 01, 2016Immunology
A new treatment for the selective targeting of ovarian cancer cells has been adopted from chimeric antigen receptor (CAR ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 19, 2016Cancer
A decade-old technology to arm the immune system to fight cancer is now being adapted to fight HIV, one of the most pern ...JUL 07, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Making and deploying vaccines can be costly and time-consuming. But, using a new technique that involves RNA and nanopar ...JUN 27, 2016Immunology
T cells are the body’s natural fleet of cancer-attacking lymphocytes, but in recent years scientists have found a ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 23, 2016Health & Medicine
For unknown reasons, T lymphocytes are known to go rogue, leaving the bloodstream to attack the myelin sheath, the insul ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 02, 2016Immunology
The human immune system works around the clock to fight pathogens and protect the body from disease. T cells play an ess ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 01, 2016Immunology
The 1990s was an exciting time for cancer research, as scientists genetically engineered the very first chimeric antigen ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 14, 2016Cancer
For colorectal cancer caused by mutations in the RAS gene, the anticancer drug cetuximab remains the most formidable def ...APR 30, 2016Cancer
Researchers recently reported that immunotherapy led to remission in 93 percent of patients with advanced leukemia. Thou ...APR 16, 2016Videos
White blood cells (leukocytes) are immune system cells that protect the body against diseases and foreign invaders. Whil ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetFEB 18, 2016Health & Medicine
Dramatic remissions have been seen in a cancer immunotherapy trial for patients with blood cancers. Specifically, ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetFEB 06, 2016Immunology
Herpes simplex 1 virus, the microscopic pathogen notoriously remembered for its production of painful and unappealing co ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 27, 2016Immunology
Optogenetics is a technology used by neuroscientists to follow and record the course of individual neurons as they fire. ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 12, 2016Immunology
Immune cells are not predestined to be either effector or memory cells, scientists from the Virginia Tech Carilion Insti ...Written By: Kara Marker
MAR 24, 2017
Immunology
Antigens produced by the testes that scientists thought were forever withdrawn from the rest of the body actually have c
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 09, 2017
Immunology
Senior author of a new Science Signaling study Dr. Manish Butte describes T cells as like “the shy person a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 01, 2017
Cardiology
Following a heart attack, the same cells of the immune system that help put damaged heart tissue back together can malfu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 22, 2017
Immunology
New technology allows scientists to watch immune cells move in real time, and researchers recently took advantage of thi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 07, 2016
Microbiology
Nobody likes going to the dentist, but most of us do it anyway. Why? Because regular dental care helps prevent thi
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 11, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists are hard at work improving immune cells called T cells, which are naturally designed to recognize and target
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 04, 2016
Microbiology
Here’s a question. Is Lyme disease more common nowadays? Lyme disease used to be a disease specific to the
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 02, 2016
Immunology
When humans go to sleep, their immune cells come out to play. A new study from the WPI Immunology Frontier Research Cent
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 12, 2016
Immunology
The key ingredient in the recipe that make staphylococcus and streptococcus infections so dangerous? Superantigen toxins
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 24, 2016
Immunology
The symptoms of poison ivy rashes and other skin conditions are commonly known. For poison ivy, it’s a painful and
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 01, 2016
Immunology
A new treatment for the selective targeting of ovarian cancer cells has been adopted from chimeric antigen receptor (CAR
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 19, 2016
Cancer
A decade-old technology to arm the immune system to fight cancer is now being adapted to fight HIV, one of the most pern
...
JUL 07, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Making and deploying vaccines can be costly and time-consuming. But, using a new technique that involves RNA and nanopar
...
JUN 27, 2016
Immunology
T cells are the body’s natural fleet of cancer-attacking lymphocytes, but in recent years scientists have found a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 23, 2016
Health & Medicine
For unknown reasons, T lymphocytes are known to go rogue, leaving the bloodstream to attack the myelin sheath, the insul
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 02, 2016
Immunology
The human immune system works around the clock to fight pathogens and protect the body from disease. T cells play an ess
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 01, 2016
Immunology
The 1990s was an exciting time for cancer research, as scientists genetically engineered the very first chimeric antigen
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 14, 2016
Cancer
For colorectal cancer caused by mutations in the RAS gene, the anticancer drug cetuximab remains the most formidable def
...
APR 30, 2016
Cancer
Researchers recently reported that immunotherapy led to remission in 93 percent of patients with advanced leukemia. Thou
...
APR 16, 2016
Videos
White blood cells (leukocytes) are immune system cells that protect the body against diseases and foreign invaders. Whil
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
FEB 18, 2016
Health & Medicine
Dramatic remissions have been seen in a cancer immunotherapy trial for patients with blood cancers. Specifically,
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
FEB 06, 2016
Immunology
Herpes simplex 1 virus, the microscopic pathogen notoriously remembered for its production of painful and unappealing co
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 27, 2016
Immunology
Optogenetics is a technology used by neuroscientists to follow and record the course of individual neurons as they fire.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 12, 2016
Immunology
Immune cells are not predestined to be either effector or memory cells, scientists from the Virginia Tech Carilion Insti
...
Written By:
Kara Marker