It is difficult to believe that in about 1960 practically nothing was known about the thymus and some of its products, T cells bearing αβ receptors for antigen. Thus I was lucky to join the field of T cell biology almost at its beginning, when knowledge about the cells was just getting off the ground and there was so much to discover. This article describes findings about these cells made by others and myself that led us all from ignorance, via complete confusion, to our current state of knowledge. I believe I was fortunate to practice science in very supportive institutions and with very collaborative colleagues in two countries that both encourage independent research by independent scientists, while simultaneously ignoring or somehow being able to avoid some of the difficulties of being a woman in what was, at the time, a male-dominated profession.

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强迫行为不一定是坏事。

很难相信，在大约 1960 年，关于胸腺及其一些产物，即带有抗原的 αβ 受体的 T 细胞，几乎一无所知。因此，我很幸运，几乎在 T 细胞生物学领域刚开始时就加入了，当时有关细胞的知识刚刚起步，还有很多东西有待发现。这篇文章描述了其他人和我自己制造的这些细胞的发现，这些发现使我们所有人从无知，通过完全的困惑，到我们目前的知识状态。我相信我很幸运能够在非常支持的机构中实践科学，并与两个国家的非常合作的同事一起实践科学，这两个国家都鼓励独立科学家的独立研究，同时忽略或以某种方式能够避免成为女性的一些困难，当时，