{"id":136732,"date":"2022-03-11T18:29:46","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T02:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/a-new-type-of-killer-t-cell-can-stop-attacks-on-healthy-tissue"},"modified":"2022-03-11T18:29:46","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T02:29:46","slug":"a-new-type-of-killer-t-cell-can-stop-attacks-on-healthy-tissue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/a-new-type-of-killer-t-cell-can-stop-attacks-on-healthy-tissue","title":{"rendered":"A new type of killer T-cell can stop attacks on healthy tissue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ntk8XsxVDi0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A team of scientists <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/article\/new-class-killer-t-cells-may-prevent-autoimmune-diseases\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">has discovered a brand new form of human T cell<\/a> that suppresses attacks on healthy tissues, which could lead to treatments for illnesses ranging from lupus to cancer.<\/p>\n<p>In case you forgot, T cells are one of the most significant white blood cells in the immune system, playing a crucial role in adaptive immune response. They can kill diseased or malignant cells; however, studies in mice have shown that some of these cells may also kill T cells responsible for orchestrating autoimmune responses.<\/p>\n<p>For years, scientists have believed that humans share the same cells, but until now, no one had been able to verify their existence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A team of scientists has discovered a brand new form of human T cell that suppresses attacks on healthy tissues, which could lead to treatments for illnesses ranging from lupus to cancer. In case you forgot, T cells are one of the most significant white blood cells in the immune system, playing a crucial role [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136732\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}