The bodies of living things have a wonderful structure in every aspect. Although every living thing’s body is unique, no system is perfect. One of these flaws was found in a recent study at the University of Haifa. There seems to be a type of ‘assassin’ cell that kills completely normal cells.
In the new article published in Science Advances, one of the respected scientific journals by the scientific world, it is mentioned that phagocytic cells destroy healthy living cells in the cellular differentiation process in fruit flies. Let’s take a look at the details together.
If studies respond positively, these killer cells could be used to treat cancer.
Professor Hilla Toledano, author of the study at the University of Haifa, explains in her explanation of this new function of phagocytic cells that this function of cells can be used in the treatment of cell division diseases such as cancer:
“We discovered that phagocytes can act as ‘assassins. The better we understand how to cope with various diseases, such as
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