Fighting off pathogens is a tour de force that must happen with speed and precision. A team of researchers at CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, and at ...

Macrophages play a central role in our immune response. They can trap and digest invading pathogens. However, specific bacteria such as Salmonella or Mycobacteria can survive the digestive system of ...

Macrophages rely on lysosomes to balance microbial killing with self-protection, generating reactive oxygen and nitrogen species during phagocytosis. Using platinum nanoelectrodes, researchers at ...