T-cell (IMAGE)

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute

T-cell

Caption

HTLV-1 is a virus that infects a type of white blood cell called a T‐lymphocyte, or T-cell (pictured). The new study could lead to the first treatments and potential cure for the virus that impacts around 10 million people each year.

Credit

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

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