Scientists Discover Self-Destructing Cells That Fight Infection
Neutrophils, the most abundant white blood cells in the human body, defend against infection through a dramatic process called NETosis, where the cell ruptures to release web-like DNA structures known as neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs). First characterized by Volker Brinkmann and Arturo Zychlinsky at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in 2004, this mechanism … Read more