Cancer Cell Attacked By Killer Cell
by Oliver Meckes EYE OF SCIENCE
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Cancer Cell Attacked By Killer Cell
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Oliver Meckes EYE OF SCIENCE
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Photograph - Photograph
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Cancer attacked by killer cell. Colored Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM) of a human Natural Killer (NK) cell attacking a cancer cell. The NK cell is yellow with numerous long fluid-projections, which are beginning to flow around the large orange cancer cell. Natural killer cells are a type of white blood cell known as T- lymphocytes. These have the ability to destroy virus-infected cells & tumor cells. On contact with the surface of a tumor cell, the NK cell recognizes certain proteins called antigens, which activate its cell-killing mechanism. The NK cell then binds to & destroys the cancer cell using toxins. Magnification x3, 850 at 6x6cm size.
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May 19th, 2021
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