Latest. Dan tested the importance of Drosophila immune cells by ablating or expanding them using conditional genetics. Turns out no lifespan phenotype, perhaps because there is compensation within the immune cell lineage. More exciting biology to discover.
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Macrophages are responsible for diverse and fundamental functions in vertebrates. Drosophila blood cells (haemocytes) are dominated by cells bearing a striking homology to vertebrate macrophages (plas...
