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Level A1 – BeginnerCEFR A1
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- T cell therapy trains the immune system to find cancer.
- These treatments help some people but not all patients.
- The therapy depends on a T cell receptor protein.
- Scientists used a special microscope to view the receptor.
- They put the receptor into a small membrane patch.
- The resting receptor stayed closed and folded inside the membrane.
- When it met a target molecule, it opened like a spring.
- Assembling the membrane and proteins was hard for researchers.
- The new view could help improve future immunotherapies.
Difficult words
- receptor — a protein that receives signals on cells
- membrane — a thin layer that surrounds a cell
- microscope — a tool that makes very small things bigger
- assemble — to put parts together to make somethingAssembling
- immune — the body's system that fights germs and disease
- target — a thing or molecule that is the aim
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Discussion questions
- Have you ever seen a microscope?
- Would you like to work in medical research?
- Do you think new cancer treatments are important?
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