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M. tuberculosis-infected Qhite Blood Cell

Caption: A micrograph shows human white blood cells infected with M. tuberculosis (green). A protein associated with the cell membrane is stained red and cell nuclei are stained blue.

Credit: Photo by Daniel L. Clemens in the Horwitz Laboratory at UCLA.

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