T-killer: harness the power of the immune system

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Take on the role of a T-killer cell, an immune cell inside your body, roaming the body on the hunt cancer cells. Learn how immune cells become activated, how they migrate around the body and how they kill cancer cells. Finally, power up using immunotherapies, novel immune targeting cancer therapies that take the break off the immune systems potential. 

Think about how the immune system fights against cancer, and using the "research advancement" system,  personalize your own immunotherapy to think how the immunotherapies of tomorrow might work to aid in immune-mediated tumour elimination. 

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T-killer cell is the result of a collaboration between cancer immunologists at Cardiff University, a programmer, an artist and a sound engieer. 

Contributions:

• Lorenzo Capitani (Research background on the topic & project lead)
• Boyan Yotov (Programming & project lead)
• Alex Mitev (Art)
• Hristyian (Music)
• Stephanie Burnell: biological input, advice and discussion
• Awen Gallimore for project over-sight
• Carl Smith for his continued contribution in the form of feedback and support. 

If you are interested in finding out more about what cancer immunology research we are doing, visit www.cancerimmunology.co.uk. For any questions, email capitanil@cardiff.ac.uk 

Funded as part of the ISSF3 by the Wellcome Trust, with contributions from the GW4 Biomed DTP,  Cancer Research Wales and Wales Cancer Research Center.