A new study shows that a type of natural sugar called trehalose triggers an important cellular housekeeping process in immune cells that helps treat atherosclerotic plaque. The image shows a cross section of a mouse aorta, the main artery in the body, with a large plaque. Straight red lines toward the upper left are the wall of the aorta. Yellow areas are where housekeeping cells called macrophages are incinerating cellular waste. Credit: Ismail Sergin
Trehalose triggers cellular housekeeping in artery-clogging. Researchers have long sought ways to harness the body’s immune system to treat disease, especially cancer...
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