How we fight fungal infections

Scientists at Israel’s Weizmann Institute have made a vital discovery in how Candida infections are countered in healthy humans. Until the immune system’s TH17 T-Cell lymphocytes turn up, rare lymphoid cells (Aire-ILC3s) spring into action to hold back the potentially dangerous fungal infection.

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/355598

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41590-022-01247-6

https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/curbing-candida-cells-keep-fungal-infections-bay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu7Qj5quVwM

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