80% of the population is estimated to carry this herpesvirus. Here’s how these nonclassical immune cells might fight it.

80% of the population is estimated to carry this herpesvirus. Here’s how these nonclassical immune cells might fight it.

To fight off bacteria and viruses, the human immune system has an army of many different cells - including CD8+ T cells, which are fighter cells in the body. But many pathogens have found ways to evade these cells. The solution, according to some Brown researchers: use nonclassical CD8+ T cells.Brown researchers discovered that a lesser-known type of nonclassical CD8+ T cell can step in and fight cytomegalovirus, a herpesvirus that latently infe…