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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