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A sugar on mycobacteria binds to the immune receptor dectin-1 on host macrophages, helping the bacteria survive and driving susceptibility to infection.

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Gut Bacteria Deplete Macrophages to Drive Ulcerative Colitis

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What’s the Best Cell? Scientists Choose Their Favorites

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Streamlining Macrophage Polarization Workflows

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Macrophages Gobble Up Old Neutrophils to Heal Transplanted Livers

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Why Are Breast Cancers That Metastasize to the Brain Hard to Treat?

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Macrophages Help Newborn Mice Heal Their Hearts

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Disappearing Act: Novel Population of Transient Macrophages Repair Lungs After Illness

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A Mosquito Protein Facilitates Zika Infection

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Viral Research Gets Batty to Study Spillovers

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How a Forensic Biologist Exposed a DNA Lab Scandal That Shook Australia

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Universe 25 Experiment

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One Gene Influences 75 Percent of Alzheimer’s Disease Cases

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