Marked for Destruction (VIDEO)

Rockefeller University

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Summoned by lysibody molecules, large immune cells called macrophages (red) engulf Staphylococcus aureus bacteria (green).

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Laboratory of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology at The Rockefeller University

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