(Vienna University of Technology) It was previously thought that the T cell would concentrate the receptors at certain points in order to achieve the highest possible sensitivity. As a current publication by the biophysics research group at TU Wien shows, T cells are actually programmed to react as quickly as possible, and therefore their receptors are arranged at random.
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Tuesday, July 17, 2018
The immune system: T cells are built for speed
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