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Can a cell be in a cell?

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in specific cases yes, though in general no. white blood cells for example can 'eat' (or rather take up), say, bacterial cells if they enter your bloodstream. this process is called phagocytosis and can only occur in specialised cells. its also used to take up dead cells and recycle their contence. in the case of a disease causing bacteria being phagocytosed by a white blood cell, the white blood cell does try to then kill it, so you could argue that cells often don't exist very long in this state, but some do fight back quite well, for example sallmonella. so yes, a cell can exist in a cell and it is a natural proccess, but almost all of the time, it does not happen.

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