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How do #cancercells manage to infiltrate #lymphnodes, for example, where lots of #immunecells are active and should be able to destroy them? According to a new study in
Cell Metabolism, #mitochondrialtransfer between #cells is the cause. Cancer cells "#steal" these small #organelles, which are highly efficient #energysuppliers, from the immune cells, thereby weakening the latter.
© Text #StefanFWirth Betlin January 2026
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Azusa Terasaki et al. (2026)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2025.12.014
Fructose hijacks immune cells to set them on inflammatory "attack mode"
For the first time, scientists have unraveled just how high levels of fructose affect the body, flipping a genetic switch as it's broken down – one that primes your immune system to overreact to things it would normally ignore. In this "trigger happy" state, certain immune cells are less…
Researchers found that certain #immunecells can trigger healing in the gut after #cancertherapies using #inflammatory signals – a surprising result, since #gutinflammation was long seen as mainly harmful: http://go.tum.de/772318
📷J.Fischer
Immune cells turn damage into repair
Researchers discovered that immune cells trigger healing processes in the event of damage to the intestine, for example after radiation therapy.
🤯 Tiny Chips Hitch a Ride on #ImmuneCells to Sites of #Inflammation
"...a team of researchers led by Deblina Sarkar, an electrical engineer and MIT assistant professor, developed microscopic electronic devices hybridized with living cells. Those cells can be injected into the circulatory system with a standard syringe and will travel the bloodstream before implanting themselves in target brain areas."
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/11/tiny-chips-hitch-a-ride-on-immune-cells-to-sites-of-inflammation/?_bhlid=79c208ad08e82957005abd250c59d8c80da7c93d
🏷️ T a g s #bci #biotech #brain #circulatronics #medicine #nanotech
Tiny chips hitch a ride on immune cells to sites of inflammation
Tiny chips can be powered by infrared light if they're near the brain's surface.
Breastfeeding causes a surge in immune cells that could prevent cancer
Breastfeeding seems to cause specialised immune cells to flood into the breasts and stay there for years or even decades, reducing the risk of cancer
Scientists Rewire Immune Cells To Supercharge Cancer-Fighting Power
Blocking a single protein boosts T cell metabolism and tumor-fighting strength. The discovery could lead to next-generation cancer immunotherapies. Scientists have identified a strategy to greatly enhance the cancer-fighting abilities of the immune system’s T cells. By inhibiting a protein known
Immune–tracheal intercellular signalling coordinates the muscle injury response in Drosophila - preLights
Something SPARC’d between us and left me Breathless: Haemolymph cells turn on repair in the Drosophila tracheal system
Scratching an itch could help boost your immune defences
Mice that were free to scratch their itchy ears saw the number of immune cells go up and levels of infection-causing bacteria decline
Researchers, including Matthias Hebrok, Professor of Applied #StemCell and #Organoid Systems, developed regulatory #immunecells that locally soothe an overactive #immuneresponse, rather than suppressing the whole system: http://go.tum.de/455816
📷A.Heddergott
Engineered immune cells may be able to tame inflammation
Whether it's type 1 diabetes, other autoimmune diseases or organ transplants – when the immune system gets out of balance, it can be dangerous. Instead of suppressing the entire system as a consequence and risking severe side effects, it would be preferable to regulate it in a targeted and localized manner. This is precisely what researchers have now engineered regulatory immune cells for.
Innate Immune Cells Develop Memory with a T Cell Marker
Human innate immune cells that “remember” previous stimulation could provide new insights into chronic inflammatory diseases.
Stefan F. Wirth
Steve Dustcircle 🌹
Technische Universität München
Braye S.
Steve Dustcircle 🌹
Jonathan Townson