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12 May 2026
Eating In
Cells that perform vital micro-housekeeping duties in the body, including macrophages – named from the Greek for 'big eaters' – devour (a process called phagocytosis) invaders and dead cells to be degraded. This study reveals the role of a form of an enzyme RAB5c in regulating formation and fate of the phagosome, the compartment containing the material ingested by macrophages, to achieve pathogen destruction
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- Image from work by Edismauro Garcia Freitas-Filho and colleagues
- Departamento de Biologia Celular e Molecular e Bioagentes Patogênicos, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (FMRP), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
- Image originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- Published in Science Advances, May 2026
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