Hydrogen peroxide and white blood cells

In russian (новость на русском языке):
"Обнаружена новая функция пероксида водорода в организме"
http://www.membrana.ru/lenta/?9365


Using the zebrafish as an animal model, researchers in the lab of Harvard Medical School professor of systems biology Timothy Mitchison and Dana Farber Cancer Institute professor Thomas Look have discovered that when the tail fins of these creatures are injured, a burst of hydrogen peroxide is released from the wound and into the surrounding tissue. Teams of rescue-working white blood cells respond to this chemical herald, crawl to the site of damage, and get to work.

Taken here:
Hydrogen peroxide marshals immune system
http://web.med.harvard.edu/sites/RELEASES/html/060309_mitchison.html

Video credit: Harvard Medical School

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• hydrogen
• peroxide
• zebrafish
• tail