
HealthSeptember 1, 1993
How the Immune System Recognizes the Body
The human immune system has developed several elegant processes that allow it to repel foreign invaders and yet not attack the body itself

How the Immune System Recognizes the Body
The human immune system has developed several elegant processes that allow it to repel foreign invaders and yet not attack the body itself

The T Cell and Its Receptor
The cell plays a key role in the body's capacity to fight viral infection, but it also acts to reject grafted tissue. Experiments have now identified the molecule that underlies this behavior