From owner-cellbiol@net.bio.net Mon Dec 16 22:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!uwm.edu!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!ix.netcom.com!netcom.net.uk!nntpfeed.doc.ic.ac.uk!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!warwick!news.nott.ac.uk!granby!mzye075 From: Wildman Newsgroups: bionet.cellbiol Subject: In vitro engulfment of apoptotic cells by macrophages. Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 14:20:56 +0000 Organization: Cripps Computing Centre, The University of Nottingham Lines: 8 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: granby.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Sender: mzye075@granby I am a medical student studying the apoptosis of thymocytes in culture. In vivo work suggests that engulfment of apoptotic cells occurs very rapidly in the thymus, but does anybody know how quickly this occurs in vitro? Adam Jeans .