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![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081107195109im_/http://www.nsf.gov/images/x.gif) Press Release 04-012 NSF Fiscal 2005 Budget Request Is $5.745 Billion
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Macrophages circulate through the blood, searching for bacterial infection. When bacteria are found, macrophages engulf and digest them. This series of three paintings shows a macrophage engulfing a bacterium. Only a portion of the two cells, where a pseudopod of the macrophage is extending over the bacterium, is shown. The original paintings are 1 meter tall--at this magnification, the macrophage would fill most of a building.
Credit: 2002 David S. Goodsell, Scripps Research Institute |
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