The Thymus Elite Training Program
Journey of a naïve T cell
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.36399/rx5y1c42Abstract
Hannah Eadie turns the science of T cell maturation into storytelling after discovering that just 2% of thymocytes survive. Her narrative reimagines this process as an elite training camp where only the strongest cells emerge prepared for immune defence.
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