Frustratingly, cancer cells have evolved their own ways to
defend from immune attack, such as dressing up in molecules that form an invisibility cloak.
Not exact matches
The researchers studied two types of cells called effector T cells, which activate the
immune system to
defend our body against different pathogens, and regulatory T cells, which help control the
immune system and prevent it
from attacking healthy parts of its environment.
LA JOLLA, CA — When the body is under
attack from pathogens, the
immune system marshals a diverse collection of
immune cells to work together in a tightly orchestrated process and
defend the host against the intruders.