Elevated killer cells may be a compensatory immune response to a carcinogen

Evidence

Schlichtmann meanwhile got Cheeseman to agree to yet another thirty-day extension. In the weeks that followed, all twenty-eight living members of the Woburn families had blood drawn. Colvin tested the blood of each individual twice. By the time he finished he saw a distinct pattern. “The data are intriguing,” he wrote in a note to Levin on June 15, “because they suggest that there is an increased number of cells in these patients that have a phenotype compatible with killer cells. The implication is that this might be a compensatory response to resist the effects of a carcinogen.” — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action, 669

Categorization

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• XREF: connects to: Distinct killer T cell peaks may signal immune response to a carcinogen — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action , 665