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Monday, February 22, 2010

Captain Lymphocyte and his team of infection fighters

I'm attempting to study for an exam I'm writing tonight and the unit I'm working on is the Immune sytem, now this is not the first time I've studied this bad boy. It definitely brings me back to the days of biology and pathophysiology. Being the hard working student I am, I used to draw comics in patho based on whatever we were learning. The immune system became one of my favorites. My main characters were these: Captain Lymphocyte- the brave white blood cell who leads his team of scouts (b-cells), trainers (helper t-cells), and highly trained killers (cytotoxic t-cells). His sidekick is a chubby likeable fellow by the name of neutro-phil who eats bacteria like it is going out of style. My personal favorite of the team is C.R. protein who coats bacteria with delicious frosting to be eaten by Neutro-phil. I'm pretty sure I only used to draw these comics to avoid paying attention while pretending to be learning. But I still think they are funny.

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