As a part of our immune defenses, cytotoxic T cells – or killer T cells – seek out and destroy cells that are infected or cancerous. This process is essential for the body's defense against diseases.

Cancer cells are adept at escaping death. One of the ways in which cancer cells prevent death from fatal attacks by cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) is by efficiently repairing damage to their cell ...

The scientists made the discovery by studying perforin, which is the protein responsible for the hole-punching. They found that perforin's attachment to the cell surface strongly depends on the order ...

The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI. Effective host immunity against intracellular pathogens requires the induction of antigen-specific T cells at the site of ...

As a part of our immune defences, cytotoxic T cells – or killer T cells – seek out and destroy cells that are infected or cancerous. This process is essential for the body’s defence against diseases.

A research team led by New Biology Professor Minseok Kim at the DGIST has developed a natural killer (NK) cell therapy product, which can self-activate with CT Cells. This new product has overcome the ...