An illustration depicting the mechanism of the Crunch cell targeting system developed by researchers at Kyoto University. A blue silhouette of a person stands on the left. On the right is a magnified image of inside the body, where purple malignant cells have yellow proteins on their surface. A green adaptor protein depicted as being attracted to the yellow proteins is flying to the cells, while an orange phagocyte is attached to the adaptor protein.
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Researchers modified a protein in the cell elimination pathway to create a targeted system for destroying disease-causing cells, called Crunch.

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Stem Cells Dine on Dying Neighbors to Keep Tissues Fit 

Epithelial cells and fungal spores are marked with fluorescent dyes. Cells have an irregular shape and are shown in green and blue colors. Spores are spherical in shape and are labeled green if they are surrounded by p11 protein. A protein in mature phagosomes is labeled violet.

Fungal Spores Hijack a Host Protein to Escape Death

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