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.

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.

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

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 ...

Drosophila melanogaster has long served as a pivotal model for understanding the fundamentals of blood cell development and innate immunity. Haemocytes in the fly, which include plasmatocytes ...

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

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 ...

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.

Drosophila melanogaster - the common fruit fly -- was used in this study, due to its similar human immune function qualities, sharing characteristics of cellular and humoral, or extracellular ...

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 ...

Lamellocytes: Specialised immune cells in Drosophila that differentiate in response to strong immune challenges. Plasmatocytes: The predominant phagocytic cell type in Drosophila, analogous to ...