Fighting Infections - This 'Protein Compass' May Be The Answer
Thursday, October 23, 2008 - 13:00
in Biology & Nature
Amoebas glide toward their prey with the help of a protein switch that controls a molecular compass, biologists at the University of California, San Diego have discovered. Their finding is important because the same molecular switch is shared by humans and other vertebrates to help immune cells locate the sites of infections. read more
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