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Without macrophages, wound healing is greatly delayed. Macrophages are cells that dispose of bad or dead tissue and help clean the wound.

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Macrophages phagocytose many foreign materials, as well as cell debris and dead cells. This cleans the wound, allowing granulation tissue to form.

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