T Cells Might Be Our Bodies’ Best Shot Against Omicron11 Jan 2022 00:01
Might have been posted before, but the description will make some here smile
"Killer T cells, as their name might imply, are not known for their mercy. When these immunological assassins happen upon a cell that’s been hijacked by a virus, their first instinct is to butcher. The killer T punches holes in the compromised cell and pumps in toxins to destroy it from the inside out. The cell shrinks and collapses; its perforated surface erupts in bubbles and boils, which slough away until little is left but fragmentary mush. The cell dies spectacularly, horrifically—but so, too, do the virus particles inside, and the killer T moves on, eager to murder again."
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/12/t-cells-omicron-vaccine-immunity/620995/