In the new study, Mikhail Pogorelyy and colleagues from the Ecole normale supérieure in Paris, and the Shemyakin - Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow, address this excess of T -
cell clone sharing between genetically identical twins.
The analysis suggests that the degree of T -
cell clone sharing between twins is greater than can be explained simply by shared genomes.
Not exact matches
If T
cell clones created before birth can stick around for decades, they might account for a substantial amount of
shared T
cells between any two unrelated people.
Cloning of the gene coding for a
shared human melanoma antigen recognized by autologous T
cells infiltrating into tumor.
Anichini A, Maccalli C, Mortarini R, Salvi S, Mazzocchi A, Squarcina P, Herlyn M, Parmiani G. Melanoma
cells and normal melanocytes
share antigens recognized by HLA - A2 - restricted cytotoxic T
cell clones from melanoma patients.
In 2002, when George W. Bush announced the names of his appointees to the President's Council on Bioethics, there were liberal bioethicists who complained that the President had «stacked» the council with «religious conservatives» who
shared his views on questions of embryonic stem
cell research and «therapeutic
cloning.»