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Sticking Around to Fight Another Day - New Research on Cells is Quite Loyal
Killer T cells decide whether to stick around in your body based on nothing more than how firm the tissue feels, a finding with implications for eczema, allergies and cancer treatment. Samantha Yammine unpacks new McGill University research on the surprising role of touch in your immune system.
These are memory T cells, the ones that survive a fight and settle into the tissue where it happened, ready in case trouble returns to that exact spot. It offers a new clue as to why flare-ups like eczema tend to reappear in the same place instead of moving around.
The discovery also opens a new angle…
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