How immune cells ‘sniff out’ pathogens: Signaling study could speed up the search for new drugs

Immune cells are capable of detecting infections just like a sniffer dog, using special sensors known as Toll-like receptors, or TLRs for short. But what signals activate TLRs, and what is the relationship between the scale and nature of this activation and the substance being detected?

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