EPFL scientists have discovered a new receptor in the fruit fly immune system that detects bacterial infections. The finding opens up clues for our own immune responses.

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When the macrophages’ ability to consume dying cancer cells or Upd3 production was decreased, tumor growth was significantly ...

EPFL scientists have discovered a new receptor in the fruit fly immune system that detects bacterial infections. The finding opens up clues for our own immune responses.

The immune system provides protection from a wide range of pathogens. One component of immunity, the phylogenetically ancient innate immune response, fights infections from the moment of first ...

Insects possess a remarkable ability to develop innate immune memory, and the mechanisms underlying this process are becoming a central topic in innate immunity research.

Fruit flies (Drosophila) are not vertebrates so they don’t have an adaptive immune system like ours, but they do have an innate immune system that makes use of AMPs. Lemaitre, Hanson and their ...

It helps us ask: ‘why is our immune system made the way it is?’ That can help us learn how to fight infections, including ones that resist antibiotics.” News Bacteria Drosophila Immunity ...

Analysis of Drosophila STING Reveals an Evolutionarily Conserved Antimicrobial Function. Cell Reports , 2018; 23 (12): 3537 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.05.029 Cite This Page : ...

A fungal infection has been shown to trigger a fruit fly's own immune system to destroy brain cells, leading to signs of neurodegeneration, a new study has found. The paper published in PLOS ...

Thousands of tiny fruit flies soon will journey into space to help NASA scientists better understand changes in the human immune system caused by space flight. Despite differences in size and ...

Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan studied what happens when macrophages—a type of immune cell—encounter dying cancer ...