Kiss of death for cancer cells
by
Michael Gross, RSC
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last modified
11-01-10 07:31 AM
Copyright 2010, RSC
The perforin pore delivers the 'kiss of death' to virus-infected cells and cancer cells in the body © Helen Saibil (Birkbeck College)
Scientists have deciphered the surprising structure of the perforin pore, which delivers the 'kiss of death' to virus-infected cells and cancer cells in the body.
When the immune system has identified a target cell in the bloodstream that is either cancerous or virus-infected, it activates killer cells which execute it by lethal injection. More...
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2010/October/31101001.asp
