• Question: Why are you using T-cells to improve the immune system?

    Asked by atkins to Barbara on 13 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Barbara Guinn

      Barbara Guinn answered on 13 Jun 2011:

      I am using T cells to kill cancer cells because one of their jobs is to kill cells infected with virus. Patients who have a poor immune system (i.e. with HIV) get cancer more often then people with a healthy immune system so we know T cells can kill cancer cells, we just need to help them sometimes!

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