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T cell or T lymphocyte is a type of blood cell distinguished by its T cell receptor on the cell surface and plays a key role in the immune response.
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NOV 12, 2015Immunology
Scientists from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) have been studying immune action in cases of inflammato ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 11, 2015Immunology
A single signaling protein required for a successful immune attack against viral infections may be the key to improving ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 10, 2015Neuroscience
Can you pass this memory test? Without looking at your cell phone write down the phone numbers of your two closes ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 09, 2015Health & Medicine
Imagine this: Your child is at football practice afterschool when he collides head-on with another teammate. He is stunn ...NOV 09, 2015Neuroscience
The expression “Why don’t you grow a brain” is tossed around sometimes like an insult, but as it turns ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 06, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Trypanosoma brucei is a complex of protozoan parasites that cause a disease known as African sleeping sickness. There ar ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 05, 2015Cancer
A 41-year old man based out of Columbia has reportedly died of a strange type of cancer that doctors had a lot of troubl ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 04, 2015Immunology
Previously thought to create immunotolerance, scientists from the Agency for Science, Technology and Research in Singapo ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 04, 2015Microbiology
When spore-forming bacteria, such as Bacillus or Clostridium, enter a state of starvation, they transform into a state o ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 02, 2015Immunology
B-cell leukemia occurs in 80-85 percent of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a fast-growing cancer that ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 02, 2015Neuroscience
When we watch television or use a computer, so much of what goes on in that machine is unseen. Tiny transistors, compute ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 30, 2015Technology
It’s not too far from the truth that batteries make today’s world go ‘round. We’re far from the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 27, 2015Immunology
We depend on our immune cells to protect us against infections from foreign invaders like bacteria, viruses, and parasit ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 24, 2015Immunology
Microglia hold down the fort in the brain as the primary immune cell presence. When brain disease hits, they get rid of ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 23, 2015Microbiology
This installment of “Better Know a Microbe” is all about “magnetotactic” bacteria! Bacter ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 22, 2015Videos
The average height of a fully-grown male in the United States is 5' 9.5", which means anyone around that height figure i ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 22, 2015Neuroscience
While any surgery that aims to remove cancerous tumors is risky, there is an increased amount of risk and caution when i ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 20, 2015Immunology
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the leading infectious cause of birth defects, and until now scientists had no effective way of ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 20, 2015Earth & The Environment
If you ask a number of people when life began on Earth, you’ll get a slew of different answers. There are so many ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 19, 2015Neuroscience
While doctors, scientists and medical researchers have good imaging tools to see blood, bones and muscle, seeing what ha ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 16, 2015Microbiology
This isn’t the first time I’ve written about Ebola (and it probably won’t be the last). Recently ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 14, 2015Neuroscience
Very often in neuroscience, researchers, doctors and even patients wish there was a way to literally see how the brain w ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 13, 2015Videos
Psoriasis is a chronic autoimmune disorder causing inflammation of the skin. The exact cause is unknown, but scientists ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 08, 2015Plants & Animals
Nuclear power plants are incredibly good at what they do, but when things go wrong, the results are disastrous. That&rsq ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
NOV 12, 2015
Immunology
Scientists from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) have been studying immune action in cases of inflammato
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 11, 2015
Immunology
A single signaling protein required for a successful immune attack against viral infections may be the key to improving
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 10, 2015
Neuroscience
Can you pass this memory test? Without looking at your cell phone write down the phone numbers of your two closes
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 09, 2015
Health & Medicine
Imagine this: Your child is at football practice afterschool when he collides head-on with another teammate. He is stunn
...
NOV 09, 2015
Neuroscience
The expression “Why don’t you grow a brain” is tossed around sometimes like an insult, but as it turns
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 06, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Trypanosoma brucei is a complex of protozoan parasites that cause a disease known as African sleeping sickness. There ar
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 05, 2015
Cancer
A 41-year old man based out of Columbia has reportedly died of a strange type of cancer that doctors had a lot of troubl
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 04, 2015
Immunology
Previously thought to create immunotolerance, scientists from the Agency for Science, Technology and Research in Singapo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 04, 2015
Microbiology
When spore-forming bacteria, such as Bacillus or Clostridium, enter a state of starvation, they transform into a state o
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 02, 2015
Immunology
B-cell leukemia occurs in 80-85 percent of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a fast-growing cancer that
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 02, 2015
Neuroscience
When we watch television or use a computer, so much of what goes on in that machine is unseen. Tiny transistors, compute
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 30, 2015
Technology
It’s not too far from the truth that batteries make today’s world go ‘round. We’re far from the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 27, 2015
Immunology
We depend on our immune cells to protect us against infections from foreign invaders like bacteria, viruses, and parasit
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 24, 2015
Immunology
Microglia hold down the fort in the brain as the primary immune cell presence. When brain disease hits, they get rid of
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 23, 2015
Microbiology
This installment of “Better Know a Microbe” is all about “magnetotactic” bacteria! Bacter
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 22, 2015
Videos
The average height of a fully-grown male in the United States is 5' 9.5", which means anyone around that height figure i
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 22, 2015
Neuroscience
While any surgery that aims to remove cancerous tumors is risky, there is an increased amount of risk and caution when i
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 20, 2015
Immunology
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the leading infectious cause of birth defects, and until now scientists had no effective way of
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 20, 2015
Earth & The Environment
If you ask a number of people when life began on Earth, you’ll get a slew of different answers. There are so many
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 19, 2015
Neuroscience
While doctors, scientists and medical researchers have good imaging tools to see blood, bones and muscle, seeing what ha
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 16, 2015
Microbiology
This isn’t the first time I’ve written about Ebola (and it probably won’t be the last). Recently
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 14, 2015
Neuroscience
Very often in neuroscience, researchers, doctors and even patients wish there was a way to literally see how the brain w
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 13, 2015
Videos
Psoriasis is a chronic autoimmune disorder causing inflammation of the skin. The exact cause is unknown, but scientists
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 08, 2015
Plants & Animals
Nuclear power plants are incredibly good at what they do, but when things go wrong, the results are disastrous. That&rsq
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard