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 treatment centre in Guinea, DZIF researchers from the Heinrich Pette Institute (HPI) and the Bernhard Nocht Institute (BNITM) have, for the first time, identified the human immune response in
