‘An Elegant Defense’ explores the immune system’s softer side
A new book overturns simplistic notions of our body’s "war machine"

TO THE RESCUE White blood cells known as neutrophils (one shown in red with staph bacteria in yellow) are the immune system’s frontline defenders against pathogens.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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