Dead cells after self-destructing, with the small green circles showing the F-ApoEVs left behind. (La Trobe University) The ...

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Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan studied what happens when macrophages—a type of immune cell—encounter dying cancer cells in tumors and discovered a mechanism that accelerates tumor growth.

Researchers at Oregon Health and Science University have identified ferroptosis, an iron-driven form of cell death, in ...

Researchers at Toho University have uncovered a previously unrecognized mechanism controlling how dying cells release the inflammatory cytokine IL-33, a key driver of allergy, asthma, tissue ...

After cells die, they leave a residue that sends messages to other cells in ways that are valuable to the immune system. But this process can also be hijacked by viruses such as influenza, according ...

Our bodies are constantly deciding which cells should live and which should die through a process called apoptosis. This type ...

Inflammation, the movement of immune cells to an area of infection or injury, is important for tackling infections and restoring health. When the inflammatory process gets out of control, however, the ...

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) remains one of the deadliest complications of severe infections, sepsis, trauma, ...

The thymus is essential for producing the T cells that protect us from infections and cancer. But this organ is also highly sensitive to damage. Treatments like chemotherapy, radiation, and ...

Like a poison pen, dying cells prick their neighbors with a lethal message. This may worsen sepsis, Vijay Rathinam and colleagues in the UConn School of Medicine report in the Jan. 23 issue of Cell.

Every day, the human body removes billions of dead cells. 1 Professional phagocytes, such as macrophages and dendritic cells, do a lot of the heavy lifting, but some non-immune cells, the so-called ...