Profile of a serial killer: cellular and molecular approaches to study individual cytotoxic T-cells following therapeutic vaccination.

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Published in J Biomed Biotechnol on November 14, 2010

Authors

Emanuela M Iancu1, Petra Baumgaertner, Sébastien Wieckowski, Daniel E Speiser, Nathalie Rufer

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1: Department of Research, University Hospital Center (CHUV) and University of Lausanne (UNIL), c/o HO, Niv 5, Labo 1532, Avenue Pierre-Decker 4, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.

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