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Tumor Cell Under Attack

Caption: Granzymes going about their deadly work. A killer cell makes contact with a tumor cell (left) and detaches itself after one hour. After a further two hours, blisters appear (right, red arrow) on the surface of the cell that had been attacked. The tumor cells shrinks, dies and disintegrates.

Credit: Image: Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology / Jenne

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