Neutrophil Follows Chemical Trail (VIDEO)

Yale University

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Yale engineers use holographic optical tweezers to manipulate a microparticle, which mimics a bacterium by emitting a bacterial chemical "scent." The neutrophil cell follows the chemical trail to track down the intruder.

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Eric Dufresne and Holger Kress/Yale University

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