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White blood cells can...
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• ingest pathogens and destroy them
• produce antibodies to destroy particular pathogens • produce antitoxins that counteract the toxins released by pathogens. |
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Antibodies are proteins. They can neutralise pathogens in a number of ways and can...
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-bind to pathogens and damage or destroy them
-coat pathogens, clumping them together so that they are easily ingested by white blood cells called phagocytes. |
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Receptors are...
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Groups of specialised cells that can detect changes in the environment called stimuli.
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