Posts Tagged ‘white blood cells’

T-cell discovery holds promise for organ transplant and immunodeficiency treatment: UBC research

Aug. 22, 2011 | Filed under: Media Release | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

University of British Columbia researchers have solved a long-standing mystery surrounding the activation of T-cells, white blood cells that find and kill viruses and bacteria but also participate in the rejection of transplanted organs. By identifying the mechanism that leads T-cells to spring into action and proliferate, the research, published online this month by the [...]

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