Cell Press Jan 19 2026 When a rhinovirus, the most frequent cause of the common cold, infects the lining of our nasal passages, our cells work together to fight the virus by triggering an arsenal of antiviral defenses. In a paper publishing January 19 in the Cell Press journal Cell Press Blue , researchers demonstrate how the cells in our noses work together to defend us from the common cold and suggest that our body's defense to rhinovirus-not the virus itself-typically predicts whether or not