'Natural killer' cells keep immune system in balance

Thursday, October 1, 2009 - 18:56 in Health & Medicine

Natural killer, or NK cells, are part of our innate immune system. A healthy body produces them to respond early during infection. They are activated and they kill cells infected with a given virus.

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