A Stanford study has uncovered ruptosis, a rapid immune defence in flatworms where specialised cells explode to destroy ...

Stanford researchers have identified a previously unknown type of immune cell in planarian flatworms that literally explodes ...

The study, ‘Explosive cytotoxicity of ruptoblasts bridges hormone surveillance and immune defense’, was authored by Stanford ...

Newly found immune cells called ‘ruptoblasts’ explode when triggered, ejecting toxic chemicals capable of delivering death to surrounding cells in just minutes. The cells’ discoverers say that this ...