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Scavenger cells (green) engulf activated B cells (pink), thereby suppressing local immune response. The cells were imaged in three dimensions using a confocal microscope
When the Body Remembers the Tumor
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Cancer, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann Institute researchers discover immune memory cells capable of producing antibodies against cancer – a finding that opens new avenues...

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Brain & Behavior, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Antibody-producing cells discovered inside the nasal conchae may help develop new nasal vaccinations and treatments for allergies and...

Revealing the gut’s B-cell training program may point to new means of developing oral vaccines
Revealing the gut’s B-cell training program may point to new means of developing oral vaccines
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Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

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T cell and B cell with ICAMs
Choosing the Right Weapons against Pathogens
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Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology

How low-affinity antibodies can still win in an immune system competition

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Cutting off a Cancer’s Life Support
31.10.2016
Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology

Cells that reach out and touch keep cancer alive

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The Health Patrol
12.09.2011
Immunology
Revealing what makes B cells migrate from one organ to another may suggest new treatments for leukemia
A Survival Mechanism for Blood Cancer Cells
A Survival Mechanism for Blood Cancer Cells
21.08.2007
Cancer, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
 
 

 

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