Neutrophils are the most abundant type of immune cell and serve as the immune system's first responders. One of their key ...

Fighting antibiotic-resistant bacteria: Target human cells instead. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 29, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2013 / 12 / 131211131822.htm ...

Having more bacteria-fighting immune cells in the nose and throat may explain why some people are more likely to be infected by respiratory viruses. According to the researchers, this type of ...

Scientists from the Universities of Queensland and Barcelona have found that cells can use fats to fight off bacteria. Fat is best known for being an energy storage system, ...

New drugs that target "zombie" tuberculosis (TB) cells are now a step closer, thanks to a new study led by the University of ...

Salmonella jams signals from bacteria-fighting mast cells. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2013 / 12 / 131212123217.htm ...

Bacteria fight off viruses with a protein like one of ours ... So, even when viral genes would normally induce STAND to kill cells, these STAND inhibitors allowed the cells to continue growing.

These are the cells that produce antibodies against germs to fight ... University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine can now explain how the body determines whether there are enough mature B-cells ...

Your white blood cells lock on to the germs in order to absorb or destroy them. ... You might need several days to make and use all the germ-fighting parts you need to get rid of your infection.

Cells in the body also contain a viral killer called micro RNA, which attack invading germs. Yet EVs in the nose contained 13 times micro RNA sequences than normal cells, the study found.

Fats fighting back against bacteria Droplets of fat inside our cells are helping the body's own defence system fight back against infection, University of Queensland researchers have discovered.