Visualizing the Action of Stained Immune Cells (VIDEO)

Institut Pasteur

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In this video, the tumor cells are shown in gray. The tumor-specific T-cells, in purple, come into contact with the cancer cells and destroy them. The killed cells are shown in blue. In green, the control cells circulate but do not kill the tumor cells.

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© Institut Pasteur / Philippe Bousso

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