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Specialized exosomes sop up bacterial toxins, a study finds.

After a severe case of flu, mice have chemosensory cells in their lungs, a place where they don’t normally occur.

Immune cells in the mouse gut help recognize damaging compounds and prompt intestinal stem cells to repair DNA.

Researchers found a previously undiscovered hepadnavirus in an immunocompromised cat.