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Television advertising and childhood obesity

Macrophages

More than just big eaters

Macrophages are white blood cells that play an important part in the immune response. They engulf and digest bacteria and foreign particles — we have known this for a long time. But now we know that they are involved in much, much more…

Coloured scanning electron micrograph of a macrophage engulfing bacteria (green). ×9000
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Macrophage

Phagocytosis

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