White Blood Cell Chases Bacteria
Description: In this dramatic movie from the 1950's a neutrophil chases and engulfs a bacteria. White blood cells like this neutrophil are an important part of our immune system. They will migrate to a site of infection or inflammation through chemotaxis and eliminate invading microbes. This phenomenon will hopefully lead to a number of student questions like: How does the white blood cell follow the bacteria? What happens once the microbe is engulfed? etc.
Web Resources: Neutrophil Chasing Bacteria - About the Movie, Neutrophil - Wikipedia
White Blood Cell Chases Bacteria in real life Edit: axxsmith informed me that it is from quote " It is a neutrophil chasing Staphylococcus aureus by David Rogers, Vanderbilt University http://www.rfreitas.com/Nano/DIAO/Slide64_files/slide0043.htm " All credit goes to him. More information regarding this video. http://www.biochemweb.org/neutrophil.shtml Sorry to say I did not make this video.
