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7.342 | Fall 2021 | Undergraduate

# Immune Cell Migration: On the Move in Response to Pathogens and Cancer Immunotherapy

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Immune cells and cancer cells interact.

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Tumor cells, stained in purple, are growing in a diamond-shaped lattice pattern. In between and around these cells are small bright green blobs, which are the dendritic cells.
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In this image, specialized immune cells called dendritic cells (in green) are sticking to and interacting with a bunch of tumor cells (red/purple), all of them embedded in a gel so they can move around and grow in 3D. (Image courtesy of Tim Fessenden. Image Awards, 2020. Koch Institute Public Galleries.)
Credit:
Image courtesy of Tim Fessenden. Image Awards, 2020. Koch Institute Public Galleries. https://ki-galleries.mit.edu/2020/fessenden-1

## Course Info

##### Instructor

- Dr. Timothy Fessenden

##### Departments

- Biology

##### As Taught In

Fall 2021

##### Level

Undergraduate

##### Topics

- Health and Medicine
  - Cancer
  - Immunology
- Science
  - Biology
    - Cell Biology
    - Molecular Biology

##### Learning Resource Types

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