Nanopores can activate human T cells without biochemical signals

Immune cells protect and heal the human body.

In medicine, they are specifically activated through biochemical reactions to treat certain diseases.

Researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, ETH Zurich, Humboldt University of Berlin, Charité Berlin and Inselspital Bern have now discovered that immune cells also respond to the surface structure of materials—without chemistry. ...