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  • n  process in which phagocytes engulf and digest microorganisms and cellular debris; an important defense against infection

  • Wood himself: phagocytosis, the destruction of bacteria by white blood cells.
  • Then come the polymorphonuclear (of many-shaped nuclei) leucocytes, which surround the invading germs and eat them (phagocytosis).
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  • St. Jude receives $393K NIAID grant
    St. Jude Children's Research Hospital was awarded $393,750 in grant funding for a research project regarding LC3-Associated Phagocytosis, Congressman Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) said.
    Dec. 6, 2013 - FOX 13 Memphis

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