Immune Cell (IMAGE)

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Immune Cell

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Neutrophils, our most common white blood cell, can deploy toxin-studded webs made of DNA to trap and kill invaders. New research shows this weapon can be hijacked by cancer cells and put to the task of cutting through tissue to help cancers metastasize to new organs.

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Stephen Hearn, CSHL/Egelbad Lab

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