• Question: What are the T cells?

    Asked by George to Carmen, Daniel, Laura, Noel, Steph on 11 Mar 2015.
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      Noel Carter answered on 11 Mar 2015:

      T-cells are a type of white blood cell, there are numerous. They are called T-cells because the develop in the organ called the Thymus. The are involved in things like killing infected cells and tumour cells. They also play a role in transplant rejection.

    • Photo: Carmen Denman

      Carmen Denman answered on 11 Mar 2015:

      Hi George,

      I highly recommend if you are interested in immune cells these great videos from Khan Academy. https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/NCLEX-RN/rn-immune-system/rn-the-immune-system/v/cytotoxic-t-cells

      T-cells are part of our bodies and originate in the bone marrow. According to my University textbook, which I still lug around with me, T cells are specialised to recognize foeign antigens and little tiny fragments of protein. There are also more than one type of T-cell and they have different jobs to do, just to complicate matters further! 🙂

      Hope that helps, but let me know if you would like more information, and definitely check out Khan Academy, he is ace.

      Carmen

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