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What chemical is given off by some white blood cells when they kill viruses?

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See below: They give off from their cytoplasm a variety of proteins which can do a variety of things-such as jkill cells(viruses) and casue other wbcs to come into the site-such as abscess formation.

Answered 8/21/2013

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