dendritic

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This combination allowed the researchers to examine transparent brain tissue and map dendritic spines across entire Layer 5 neurons for the first time.

From Science Daily • Jan. 16, 2026

"The immune system interprets this vaccine, based on dendritic cells from a healthy donor fused with the patient's tumor cells, as a transplant and reacts violently," said Barbuto.

From Science Daily • Nov. 18, 2025

These take instructions from the white blood cells known as dendritic cells, which he refers to as the "generals" of the immune system.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2025

Livingston says the artificial lymph node approach is different from a cancer vaccine, which typically activates a dendritic cell, an immune system component that teaches T-cells what to search for.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2024

Those twisted dendritic legs get stuck in the pitch, and the stuff begins to pull me down like I’m a dinosaur in tar.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman