For many of us, remembering faces from 30 years ago can be something of a challenge. But cells in our immune system can remember old foes just fine, and we’ve never really been sure exactly how they manage it.
A new study has filled in missing details on the steps our body takes to remember pathogens, finally revealing the steps our immune cells take to preserve a reference library of past battles.
One of my followers said in the tags they wanted more information on how this process works. So here’s the Scientifc journal article that this article is based on:
Origin and differentiation of human memory CD8 T cells after vaccination
We Finally Know How Our Immune Cells Remember Diseases For So Long
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