2022-06-17

Where Dead Cells in the Body Go

The researchers recently used a fluorescent marker to visualize and track the cell death and digestion process inside a living animal in real time. Using a novel tool, Davidson, a postdoc at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, observed immune cells rushing to gobble up any dead cells near them

From: Cell death and digestion observed in real time inside a living animal

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