To measure the reaction, they then went into the “counting room,” where the machine that measured the radioactive labeling would click, like a Geiger counter, when measuring a particular molecule or cell. “We’re watching every two counts to see if the T cells are activated. All of a sudden, the counter went berserk. Ba-bid-a-ba-bid-a. It was like a science fiction movie,” Dr. Dinarello related. Another scientist in the room was the one who had been working with the mice and T cell stimulation. As they watched the clicker go wild, indicating a massive increase in T cells, “Lanny says to me:
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