Predicting what T cells recognize just got easier
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Channel: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital · 2017 · Nonprofits & Activism
Scientists from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center developed an algorithm that functions like a Rosetta Stone to help decipher how the immune system recognizes and binds antigens. In the study, the researchers define the rules that link the T cell receptors that can see the same virus or bacteria together so researchers can predict new T cell receptors—or classify other T cell receptors that see the same virus and bacteria. Researchers can use those to generate new therapeutics to other infections, or even to diseases like cancer. Listen to Paul Thomas, Ph.D., of St. Jude talk about the paper published in Nature. Nature paper: http://ow.ly/ePxI30dU1qN Study Press Release: http://ow.ly/OrWg30dU1sJ Paul Thomas | Immunology Department: http://ow.ly/iAKz30dU1v7
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