Meet your body’s death eaters (Nautilus)
By Patchen Barss Published in Nautilus Magazine, November 2013 The word “macrophage” means “a big eater” in Greek, and it’s a fitting description. Macrophages are our body’s garbage-devouring cells. They consume the pathogens in our bloodstream, the necrotic cells from our flesh and bones, and the dust in our lungs. Present in every part of […]