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In a world first, Israeli scientists find 'memory' B cells can target ovarian tumors

Immune cells not only remember viruses, but can also secrete tumor-fighting antibodies, say Weizmann Institute researchers; ...

Immune memory cells in ovarian cancer produce tumor-targeting antibodies, opening a vaccine path

While we tend to quickly forget having been ill or having received a vaccine, the immune system remembers remarkably well. It has memory B cells—"trained" immune cells that circulate throughout the ...
Medical Xpress

Single-cell study reveals how immune memory cells remember threats

Scientists at Cincinnati Children's have identified how certain immune cells are molecularly programmed to respond faster when the body encounters a familiar threat, shedding light on immune memory ...
Kaleido Scope

Transcription factor T-bet regulates memory B cell subsets

However, details of the intervening steps, as researchers have learned in the past 65 years, are quite complex — certain cells carry the flu antigen to the immune system, specific immune cells respond ...