The 2018 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine went to James Allison and Tasuku Honjo for their research on cancer immunotherapy – to understand why their research was so revolutionary, we first need to go over some basics of the immune system and observe cells of the immune system in action, because live cells are amazing!

Macrophages, Dendritic Cells and T-cells

There are over 20 cell types in the immune system, each of which play multiple roles. In this video, we will be focusing on these three major cell types: Macrophages, Dendritic Cells and T-cells.