We discussed two key ways our immune system identifies cancer cells. (there are other cool ways, but we only covered 2 in class). What white blood cells are involved and how do they ID cancer cells?
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- The primary white blood cells involved in identifying cancer cells are T cells and Natural Killer (NK) cells. Show more…
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