The size of the nucleolus plays an important role in protecting cells against infection
Tuesday, September 11, 2018 - 09:10
in Biology & Nature
All cells in the body have the basic ability to protect themselves from infection, called the innate immune response. But how cells do this is not very well understood. Recently, scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing and the University of Cologne, found that the size of the nucleolus plays an important role in protecting cells against infection.