Rockefeller University: Surprising Mechanism for Removing Dead Cells Identified
August 22, 2024
August 22, 2024
NEW YORK, Aug. 22 -- Rockefeller University issued the following news:
Billions of our cells die every day to make way for the growth of new ones. Most of these goners are cleaned up by phagocytes--mobile immune cells that migrate where needed to engulf problematic substances. But some dying or dead cells are consumed by their own neighbors, natural tissue cells with other primary jobs. How these cells sense the dying or dead around them has been largely unknown.
Now re . . .
Billions of our cells die every day to make way for the growth of new ones. Most of these goners are cleaned up by phagocytes--mobile immune cells that migrate where needed to engulf problematic substances. But some dying or dead cells are consumed by their own neighbors, natural tissue cells with other primary jobs. How these cells sense the dying or dead around them has been largely unknown.
Now re . . .