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Immunology

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Nature volume 418, pages 923–924 (2002)Cite this article

Real-time microscopy is providing fresh insights in many fields of biology. Immunology is no exception, as demonstrated by striking images of the inner workings of dendritic cells.

When microbes attack vertebrate organisms, dendritic cells help to raise the alarm in the immune system. Two papers in this issue, by Boes et al.1 and Chow et al.2 (pages 983 and 988), provide an unprecedented inside view of how these cells go about their business.

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