Killer T cells patrol our bodies, checking if cells are ‘self’ or infected. T cell footage by University of Cambridge. #CrackingCOVID Subscribe now: http://ab.co/subscribe ___________________________________________ Tracking the real-time story of Australia’s scientific response to the pandemic. As teams of scientists…
Read full article here: High levels of T-lymphocytes, or T-cells, could provide adequate protection against the novel coronavirus,a new study suggests. T-cells are part of our immune system, which responds to a foreign invader such as a virus, according to…
I talk a lot about the immune system. Here I discuss a few cellular components and use analogies to help bring an understanding to immunology. Now, more than ever, it is important to understand cell communication and it starts with…
So far we’ve been pretty focused on the antibody side of things during the pandemic, but recent work suggests that T Cells aren’t sitting this one out, and that could mean something significant in terms of immunity, even for people…
Even if you have not been exposed to the Coronavirus, you may have some level of immunity to it. Immunologists are trying to decipher what exactly this means but it’s important to understand what’s going on inside of your body,…
Memory T cells induced by previous pathogens can shape susceptibility to, and the clinical severity of, subsequent infections, such as Covid . Final clinical trials for a coronavirus vaccine, developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, have been put on hold…
