T cells use force to deliver the killer punch (IMAGE)

University of New South Wales

T cells use force to deliver the killer punch

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T cells (blue) snuggle up to targeted cancer cells (orange) and generate forces to promote killing by pore-forming proteins (yellow)

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James Cremasco, Daryan Kempe and Maté Biro

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