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10/21/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

Groundbreaking study discovers how the human body mounts a bewildering defense against invading pathogens

A radical discovery has provided new insight into the function of the immune system. Led by researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, a team of scientists has identified a ring-shaped protein cluster utilized by the immune system. Called the “NAIP5-NLRC4 inflammasome”, this ring of proteins has been observed neutralizing […]

07/06/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Plant cells that enable photosynthesis found to also play a role in plant self defense

Your biology teacher would tell you that chloroplasts are the parts of plant cells that turn sunlight into food via photosynthesis. However, chloroplasts also pull double duty by warning the plant’s nucleus about a pathogenic infection or an environmental stressor, reported a NewsWise article. This insight comes from a collaborative study between the University of Delaware (UD) and the University of […]

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