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T cells

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Protein Handshake Holds Key to Immune Response

BME researchers explore the critical role of mechanical force in rare genetic disorder

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Nanowires Create Elite Warriors to Enhance T Cell Therapy

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Kwong using NIH Director's Pioneer Award to Develop Living Biosensors

BME researcher plans to engineer immune cells to become lifelong cancer sentinels

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Coskun Lab Zooming in on the Signals of Cancer

Co-lead author Ali Zamat and Gabe Kwong look over their work.
Heat-Controllable CAR T Cells Destroy Tumors, Prevent Relapse in New Study

A cell chamber is mounted on a microscope. Three micropipettes, inserted into the chamber from both sides, are used to aspirate individual cells, to bring them into contact so that researchers can study their interactions. This is the kind of methodology that Cheng Zhu and his colleagues used to study PD-1.
Zhu Lab Explains the Inhibitory Role of World’s Most Famous Molecule

Cheng Zhu leads study of immune system protein that helps control T cell activity