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Neutrophils ‘vacuum’ microbes away from brain

March 1, 2016 by

Researchers have discovered a new way that white blood cells (neutrophils) defend our brains from infection -- they move the microbes from our brains' blood vessels or vasculature so they can be disposed elsewhere instead of just killing them at the site of infection.

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