All white blood cells carry out three main functions. First, they ingest disease-causing bacteria, fungi, and viruses. Secondly, they destroy these threats to the body and cause them to be flushed from the body. Finally, white blood cells produce specialized proteins called antibodies that prevent similar threats from attacking the body in the future.

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