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The report, published February in Science Translational Medicine, found that giving injections of an experimental medicine that boosted NK cell counts in mice successfully kept their eczema at bay. Jennifer Walter, Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2020

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First Known Use

1979, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of NK cell was in 1979

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“NK cell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/NK%20cell. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.

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