Re-engineering coronavirus patient's 'own' immune cells to target and destroy virus-infected tissues 'could be key to treating disease'
Researchers say the therapy involves extracting immune cells, called T lymphocytes, from a coronavirus patient's blood stream. Then receptors on the surface of the cells are engineered to recognize cells infected with the virus so they can recognize and destroy them.
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