Cells follow trails of extracellular vesicles (VIDEO)

Northwestern University

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After using LEVA to create precise shapes of EVPs from bacteria, simulating an infection, the team added immune cells. Watch the cells rapidly detect and swarm toward the cicular patterns of bacterial EVPs.

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