This amoeba, a single-celled organism, acquires energy by engulfing nutrients in the form of a yeast cell (red). Through a process called phagocytosis, the amoeba encloses the yeast cell with its ...

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FAMU-FSU College of Engineering researchers have created a new method for studying protein degradation within immune cells that uses engineered ...

The white blood cell then engulfs the pathogen in a process called phagocytosis, in which it "eats" the foreign invader to neutralize it.

BACKGROUND: Microglial activation contributes to the neuropathology associated with chronic alcohol exposure and withdrawal, including the expression of inflammatory and anti-inflammatory genes.

The white blood cell then engulfs the pathogen in a process called phagocytosis, in which it 'eats' the foreign invader to neutralize it.