Webcast of a T-cell Killing a Cancerous Cell
Posted on February 9, 2012 Comments (1)
Very cool. Very good job by University of Cambridge to make this kind of material available openly online. I find this kind of video amazing. Every day you body has this going on all day long. How amazing.
This is what it looks like when cancer gets smacked down by a T cell
This was shot by University of Cambridge medical researcher Alex Ritter, and is 92 times faster than real time.
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Cells of the immune system protect the body against pathogens. If cells in our bodies are infected by viruses, or become cancerous, then killer cells of the immune system identify and destroy the affected cells. Cytotoxic T cells are very precise and efficient killers. They are able to destroy infected or cancerous cells, without destroying healthy cells surrounding them.
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Cells of the immune system protect the body against pathogens. If cells in our bodies are infected by viruses, or become cancerous, then killer cells of the immune system identify and destroy the affected cells. Cytotoxic T cells are very precise and efficient killers. They are able to destroy infected or cancerous cells, without destroying healthy cells surrounding them.
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Categories: Life Science, Podcast, Science
Tags: cancer, cell, cool, Life Science, Science, science webcasts, UK
Categories: Life Science, Podcast, Science
Tags: cancer, cell, cool, Life Science, Science, science webcasts, UK
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August 5th, 2012 @ 12:22 am
Researchers have found a virus that kills breast cancer cells. It is great to read about research breakthroughs like this. Of course, most of these announcements never become practical solutions, unfortunately…