New Nano Device Detects Immune System Cell Signaling
Wednesday, September 3, 2008 - 15:35
in Biology & Nature
Scientists have detected previously unnoticed chemical signals that individual cells in the immune system use to communicate with each other over short distances. The originated in dendritic cells - the sentinels of the immune system - and were received by nearby T-cells, which coordinate attacks on agents that cause disease or infection.