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Following an injury to a Drosophila pupal wing, macrophages swoop in, engulfing debris and aiding in the tissue regeneration process.
Jul 10, 2017
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In vivo confocal imaging reveals how macrophages (bright green with red nuclei) flock to injured epithelium in a damaged Drosophila pupal wing.
HELEN WEAVERS, UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL
See S.A. Eming et al., “Inflammation and metabolism in tissue repair and regeneration,” Science, doi:10.1126/science.aam7928, 2017.
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