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The Immune System


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Granulocytes, macrophages and dendritic cells are immune cells specialized in finding and "eating" bacteria, viruses, and dead or injured body cells.
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The Nobel Prize

The 1908 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded for identifying certain body cells engulfing bacteria and for work on trying to explain how antibodies are formed in the body.
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MLA style: "The Immune System - Defending our Bodies". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2013. Web. 19 Jun 2013. <http://www.nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/immunity/index.html>

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