Neutrophil Avoids Microparticles (IMAGE)

Yale University

Neutrophil Avoids Microparticles

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Yale engineers created microparticles that mimic bacteria and can be manipulated with holographic optical tweezers. The ones pictured here emit a repulsive chemical “scent,” which the approaching neutrophil cell tries to avoid as it squeezes past.

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Eric Dufresne and Holger Kress/Yale University

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