• Question: What is the most effective strategie white blood cells use to fight the germs?

    Asked by Leo74 to Sian, Max, Francis, Ben on 12 Mar 2018. This question was also asked by PBB.
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      Sian Richardson answered on 12 Mar 2018:

      Antibodies are probably the most effective, they are specific to each disease and we have memory cells which are ready to produce these antibodies if we ever encounter the disease again

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      Ben Mulhearn answered on 15 Mar 2018:

      Hmm, all white blood cells have different functions so this is a really difficult question…! I quite like natural killer cells because they are like ninjas which kill our own cells if they are cancerous or infected with viruses.

    • Photo: Francis Man

      Francis Man answered on 15 Mar 2018:

      I don’t know if it’s the most effective way, but I like the way neutrophils make sticky webs out of DNA and proteins (they’re called NETs) to catch germs.

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