Infections play out like short wars. A virus enters the body and over time the immune system’s T-cells respond and kill off infected cells. How do we know this? Well, because researchers have developed a way to watch all of this happen in real time. Using a new technology, researchers can create imaging of a virus traveling in the body. It’s helping researchers fully understand how the immune system, and it could lead to more effective treatments that trigger swifter, softer immune responses.
This article was originally published on September 28, 2016
