Very cool. Very good job by University of Cambridge to make this kind of material available openly online. I find this kind of video amazing. Every day you body has this going on all day long. How amazing.
This is what it looks like when cancer gets smacked down by a T cell
This was shot by University of Cambridge medical researcher Alex Ritter, and is 92 times faster than real time.
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Cells of the immune system protect the body against pathogens. If cells in our bodies are infected by viruses, or become cancerous, then killer cells of the immune system identify and destroy the affected cells. Cytotoxic T cells are very precise and efficient killers. They are able to destroy infected or cancerous cells, without destroying healthy cells surrounding them.
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Cells of the immune system protect the body against pathogens. If cells in our bodies are infected by viruses, or become cancerous, then killer cells of the immune system identify and destroy the affected cells. Cytotoxic T cells are very precise and efficient killers. They are able to destroy infected or cancerous cells, without destroying healthy cells surrounding them.
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This is amazng to watch, I wasnt sure at first what they meant when they said “the killer cell” as I though that the “killer” cell would be the cancer one, but, I finally got my head round it. The “killer cell” is basially the “excellent” cell that is killing off the cancer cells (just in case anyone else struggles to get it 1st time)
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this is what I call evolution and this is why I know that hope means a lot for survival… now it is necessary that this movie and this encouraging news become well loved… this will change lot of people, will change characters and finally will win in front of this dreadful health enemy… cancer
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