After years of pandemic lockdown and discussion on immune systems we’re all a little more interested in how our body fights off infection.
Maybe that’s why this viral video has racked up 11 million views already – or maybe its the thrill of seeing the game of hunt and destroy that happens every day in our bodies as our immune cells fight to protect us.
https://twitter.com/slava__bobrov/status/1559170172577087488
This video is an animation but its based on an equally intriguing video of a neutrophil chasing Staphylococcus aureus – which was captured by David Rogers of Vanderbilt University.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KrCmBNiJRI&t=2s
While this video gives more detail to explain what’s happening.
It’s fascinating stuff.