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Fever is known to help power up our immune cells, and scientists in Shanghai have new evidence explaining how. They found in mice that fever alters surface proteins on immune cells like lymphocytes to make them better able to travel via blood vessels to reach the site of infection. Their work appears on Jan. 15 in the journal Immunity.

Source: Fever alters immune cells so they can better reach infections

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