White blood cells get pushy to reach infection

Wednesday, February 1, 2017 - 08:31 in Health & Medicine

How do white blood cells -- the immune cells that race to the sites of infection and inflammation -- actually get to their targets? The research has revealed that the white blood cells actually force their way through the blood vessel walls to reach the infection, creating large holes.

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