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killer T cells

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killer T cells,
antigen-stimulated T lymphocytes or cytotoxic T cells that attack foreign antigens directly and destroy cells that bear those antigens. Compare killer cell, natural killer cell.


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In the all-out attack, killer T cells commonly damage a lot of harmless territory, which is why virus infections make us feel horrible.
Sidestepping antibodies and focusing on killer T cells seemed like a practical alternative, Letvin says.
Weiner's laboratory tested and compared levels of antibodies and killer T cells produced in mice by the synDNA(TM) smallpox vaccine to a traditional plasmid DNA vaccine.
 
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