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Who discovered the neutrophil?

Updated: 10/19/2022
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Elie Metchnikoff discovered neutrophils (and the other granulocytes, and macrophages) when he inserted rose thorns into starfish larvae and noticed the accumulation of these cells at the sight of injury.

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