Natural killer (NK) cell interacting with hepatoma cell (HepG2). Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). NK cells (orange) of a healthy individua

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Natural killer (NK) cell interacting with hepatoma cell (HepG2). Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). NK cells (orange) of a healthy individual were cultured with HepG2 (liver cancer) cells. Natural killer cells are part of the innate immune system and specialised in recognition of tumour cells and their destruction. Magnification x 5000 at 10cm wide. Specimen courtesy of the Maini Lab. UCL

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