Cell Press Jun 4 2026 When we think of the immune system, most people imagine white blood cells putting up a fight against invading germs within our bloodstream. But now, in research publishing June 4 th in the Cell Press journal Molecular Cell , scientists detail a separate but equally important route by which our bodies fight infection-directly inside already infected cells. In the report, the authors define a previously undescribed method of germ resistance they coin "antibody-directed