Good guys chasing bad guys

Actually a white blood cell chasing bacteria. Entertaining video.

http://www.thinkgene.com/white-blood-cell-chasing-bacteria/

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School of Computing Sciences,
University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, U.K.

[From Rick Marken (2008.10.05.1115)]

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On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 9:52 AM, Richard Kennaway <R.Kennaway@uea.ac.uk> wrote:

Actually a white blood cell chasing bacteria. Entertaining video.

http://www.thinkgene.com/white-blood-cell-chasing-bacteria/

This is great, Richard. It shows that life (control) exists at the
cellular level as well. Certainly any pro-life person should now
protest not only a person's right to get an abortion but also their
right to get chemotherapy;-)

Best

Rick
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[From Bill Powers (2008.10.05.131t5 MDT)]

Actually a white blood cell chasing bacteria. Entertaining video.

http://www.thinkgene.com/white-blood-cell-chasing-bacteria/

Absolutely lovely, Richard. How the hell does a white blood cell move? It looks like an amoeba, moving by flowing. Does it have flagellae? And it clearly senses the direction of the bacterium, probably steering up a gradient of something -- a few microKelvins of heat? A trail of waste products? A Fear-Oh-Moan? (That's a chemical signal indicating that the bacterium is chemically moaning in fear). Let's put this one in the queue for modeling.

Best,

Bill

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At 05:52 PM 10/5/2008 +0100, Richard Kennaway wrote:

Um, shouldn't that be "bacterium"?
Ted

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-----Original Message-----
Subject: Good guys chasing bad guys

Actually a white blood cell chasing bacteria. Entertaining video.

http://www.thinkgene.com/white-blood-cell-chasing-bacteria/

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Richard Kennaway, jrk@cmp.uea.ac.uk, http://www.cmp.uea.ac.uk/~jrk/
School of Computing Sciences,
University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, U.K.

[From Bill Powers (2008.10.05.1332 MDT)]

Rick Marken (2008.10.05.1115) --

My undisciplined sense of humor immediately made me realise that you missed the real issue: That white blood cell murdered a living organism. BAN WHITE BLOOD CELLS!

However, the logic doesn't hold up. Live is sacred to right-to-lifers only if it's human. The rest of the animal kingdom counts for nothing but Big Macs.

You're nothing but a pack of cards.

Bill P.

Ah! I see you sent this first. Funny, I got it from someone at work!

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Subject: Good guys chasing bad guys

Actually a white blood cell chasing bacteria. Entertaining video.

http://www.thinkgene.com/white-blood-cell-chasing-bacteria/

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Richard Kennaway, jrk@cmp.uea.ac.uk,
Richard Kennaway School of Computing Sciences,
University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, U.K.