UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON, NATHALIE DINGUIRARD
Image of the Day: Snail Blood
The galectin proteins (green) expressed in snail hemocytes—which are equivalent to human white blood cells—bind to the parasitic worm that causes schistosomiasis in people.
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