White Blood Cell Chases Bacteria
Magnified white Blood Cell Chases Bacteria. This is happening in your body all the time!
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2. TitvsCaivs 2 years ago
This should be in the awesome category, because this just is Absolutely Awesome.
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Wow. Truly amazing. The one thing that is missing is some epic background music like Carl Orff - O fortuna (http://www.snotr.com/video/1955)
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10. prankphonecall 2 years ago
#8 I think it's a case of the tortise and the hair... eventually that fat blob of a white blood cell will catch everything...
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12. Comment rated too low. Show this comment aziwa 2 years ago
pfff.. if i was that white blood cell i would have caught both of them! 
lol
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14. patriotaus (moderator) 2 years ago
the white blood cell moves via chemotaxis, meaning it follows chemicals how ever it knows not to go two ways at once but can still phagocytose and endocytose as many bacteria or protozoans as it wants (or can fit on its cell membrane).
at 0:07 you can kinda see the pseudopodia trying to follow the other bacteria before it decided to go for the other guy
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16. patriotaus (moderator) 2 years ago
judging by the size compared to the erythrocytes (weird looking ones) i would assume so
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^^wow the mods know their stuff hehe...
I know I shouldn't but I was kinda rooting for the little guy at first before I realized what was going on 
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was i the only one that hoped the poor little bacteria got away33
20. ringmaster 2 years ago
Nobody commented #15 and #16, therefore I reset the vote from minus to zero. I look forward to more medical stuff.
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#19 Your body, i.e. YOU, do this all the time you should feel very depressed for the millions of "poor little" bacteria you destroy.
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actually it's digesting the bacteria not only to kill it but also to have small pieces so antibodies can be created, thats why the macrophage only chases one...and by the swelling of the red cells you can tell it took quite sometime for this to happen.
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31. Comment rated too low. Show this comment irishgek 2 years ago
The mods know wiki 
and looks like that little piggie got away , amazing thow but check this one for freaky . .
http://www.bacteria-world.com/white-blood-cell.jpg
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32. patriotaus (moderator) 2 years ago
Some of us have actually done courses on immunology and haematology along with bacteriology, parasitology, and mycology. But hey there is absolutely nothing wrong with wiki.
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33. Comment rated too low. Show this comment hihahihaho 2 years ago
sorry but i think it's really boring 
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34. Phil-Lloyd 2 years ago
You seem like a good candidate for some radically liberal activist group if you think:
"Animals are killing all the bacteria! Save the bacteria! Kill all the animals!"
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1. XiQ 2 years ago
Cool