Natural killer cells

Feb 25, 2019

Stem Cells therapies and CRISPR gene-editing are not new. Having able to grow the desired cells and manipulate the genome system have proved to be the most important breakthrough so far. We all are aware of the fact that Embryos possess the potential to produce pluripotent cells that researchers experiment on t...

Feb 19, 2019

CRISPR treatment delivers benefits in mice The researchers from Duke University along with drugmaker Sarepta Therapeutics published a report stating that a single change in the genetic system of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) affected mice, using CRISPR gene editing tool resulted in increasing their life spa...

Feb 12, 2018

Natural killer cells are the innate immune cells that are naturally involved in tumor immunosurveillance. These cells have direct cytotoxic activity and also secrete proinflammatory cytokines upon activation. Natural killer cells’ cytolytic activity is dependent on a balance between inhibitory signals and activating...

Oct 09, 2017

Natural killer cells are a type of lymphocytes and are key components of the innate immune system. They are highly specific predators that play a major role in the host rejection of both tumors and virally infected cells. NK cells are derived from the common lymphoid progenitor cells (lymphoblasts), which also gener...