SAN DIEGO — The incidence of Merkel cell carcinoma has increased by an “astonishing” 95% in the last decade, according to the lead investigator of a national study. The rare but dangerous skin disease is becoming more common as the population ages, outpacing growth in melanoma, and the increase is likely to continue, Song Youn...
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Mononuclear phagocytes can both promote and inhibit inflammation
Mononuclear phagocytes can both promote and inhibit inflammation. A Team from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich has now shown that individual phagocytes in the central nervous system can play both roles, sequentially adopting different phenotypes with distinct functions. Mononuclear phagocytes, which recognize, engulf and digest damaged and infected cells, form an important arm of the innate...