How immune cells communicate (IMAGE)

Harvard Medical School

How immune cells communicate

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A microscope image of melanoma cells. The green T cell in the center has been activated and is producing interferon-gamma (pink/red), a signaling molecule necessary for certain cancer immunotherapies to work. The Oyler-Yaniv lab is studying how interferon-gamma spreads through dense tissues in the body

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