Lymphocytes are white blood cells that make up part of the adaptive immune system.
Detailed description
Lymphocytes comprise B lymphocytes, T lymphocytes and natural killer cells. They define the specificity of the immune response towards infectious microorganisms and foreign substances.
In a case study, scientists of the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) and the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf investigated the T-cell response of a cancer patient, who was
Infection with SARS-CoV-2 leaves some people almost unaffected, while others develop life-threatening COVID-19 symptoms. So far, we do not understand exactly why symptoms and disease severity
