Two papers published recently in Science exploit new transgenic mouse systems to explore the path that activated CD8+ T cells take on the way to memory differentiation.
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Lefrançois, L., Masopust, D. The road not taken: memory T cell fate 'decisions'. Nat Immunol 10, 369–370 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/ni0409-369
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