{"id":241066,"date":"2026-07-17T04:16:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T09:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/newly-discovered-footprint-of-death-may-help-viruses-spread"},"modified":"2026-07-17T04:16:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T09:16:41","slug":"newly-discovered-footprint-of-death-may-help-viruses-spread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/newly-discovered-footprint-of-death-may-help-viruses-spread","title":{"rendered":"Newly Discovered \u2018Footprint of Death\u2019 May Help Viruses Spread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/newly-discovered-footprint-of-death-may-help-viruses-spread.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The cell churn that goes on inside our bodies is vast, with hundreds of billions of cells <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/dying-cells-play-a-vital-unexpected-role-in-healing-study-shows\">dying off<\/a> and being replaced every day. Keeping that constant biological overhaul running smoothly is crucial in maintaining good health.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers have now identified a new \u2018footprint of death\u2019 that cells leave behind as they die to guide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/the-mere-sight-of-a-sick-person-can-trigger-our-immune-system\">the immune system<\/a> in its waste-removal role.<\/p>\n<p>It seems this process can also be hijacked by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/virus\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_self\">viruses<\/a> to spread themselves further.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cell churn that goes on inside our bodies is vast, with hundreds of billions of cells dying off and being replaced every day. Keeping that constant biological overhaul running smoothly is crucial in maintaining good health. Researchers have now identified a new \u2018footprint of death\u2019 that cells leave behind as they die to guide [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1495],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-241066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241066\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}