They are well-equipped to combat invaders such as bacteria or fungi by engulfing the invaders, releasing antimicrobial substances, or forming web-like traps known as "neutrophil extracellular traps." ...

These webs of chromatin and proteins, released by immune cells to control microbial infections, could serve as a therapeutic target in coronavirus infections. Alakananda Dasgupta is a freelance ...

Assistant Professor Andrew Monteith’s lab at the University of Tennessee is studying how neutrophils detect infection and why ...