NK cells articles from across Nature Portfolio NK (natural killer) cells are a population of lymphocytes with both innate and adaptive immune features.

Blood stem cell transplants are often lifesaving for leukemia patients, but they come with a high risk of life-threatening complications, especially in the first 100 days after transplant.

The field of cellular immunotherapy has undergone a profound transformation in recent years, with autologous chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies emerging as the standard-of-care option ...