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White Blood Cell Chases Bacteria

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Biology & biotechnologyMedicine & infectious disease

What it is

A very short microscope clip of a neutrophil chasing a Staphylococcus aureus bacterium, originally from David Rogers at Vanderbilt University. It is a widely reposted piece of immune-system footage.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN shares it as striking classic footage of the immune system at work, sometimes as an analogy for attack and pursuit.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2013, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “You can sense the frantic desperation of the bacterium as it tries to get away from something monstrous”

    Classic footage of a white blood cell chasing a bacterium.

    Joeri, 2021-12 · Recommendation · in “Tardigrades walk like insects 500k times their size”

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Topics: neutrophil, white blood cell, bacteria, microscopy, biology

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