Phagocytosis is a form of endocytosis where a cell modifies its plasma membrane to engulf and internalize external matter, creating an internal compartment known as the phagosome. The word ...

A team of American Museum of Natural History researchers has created a computational model capable of predicting whether or not organisms have the ability to "eat" other cells through a process known ...

Macrophages rely on lysosomes to balance microbial killing with self-protection, generating reactive oxygen and nitrogen ...