Toxin-Isolating (IMAGE)

NYU Langone Health / NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Toxin-Isolating

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Electron microscopy images show 'exosomes' (in yellow) soaking up toxins (in purple) released by bacteria (in blue), which are trying to kill a human lung cell (in green).

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Courtesy of Nature

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