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NewsFungal toxin triggers NET traps formed by white blood cells
A new study sheds light on how neutrophils respond to C. albicans hyphae, which release a peptide toxin called candidalysin, exclusively secreted when C. albicans grows as hyphae and hence during invasive growth.
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NewsMicrobiota from mum regulates lung immunity in newborns
Researchers have discovered that a type of white blood cells, the γδ T cells, influences the transfer of maternal microbiota during birth and nursing, and impacts the lung immune response in newborns.