Chemo hurts good cells! Study finds widespread ‘cell cannibalism’ and related phenomena across tree of life
The findings challenge the common perception that cell-in-cell events are largely restricted to cancer cells. Rather, these events appear to be common across diverse organisms, from single-celled amoebas to complex multicellular animals. The widespread occurrence of such interactions in non-cancer cells suggests that these events are not inherently “selfish” or …