Could You Be Immune To Everything?
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Do you remember that cold you had when you were 10? Or that shot you got before kindergarten? Or that guy who sneezed next to you while you were watching Speed 2: Cruise Control. No? Well, your body does. Each of these is a time when you faced some germy invader, and after you fought them off, your body stored a memory so it would recognize these threats if they showed up again. Not in your brain – a cellular memory… in your immune system. We’re learning that the immune system is so adaptable and long-lasting that we might be able to engineer our bodies and become immune to germs we’ve never met, or even give ourselves universal immunity. But how does this incredible army of cellular guardians do its job? Are we so powerful, that we could ever be immu...
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Do you remember that cold you had when you were 10? Or that shot you got before kindergarten? Or that guy who sneezed next to you while you were watching Speed 2: Cruise Control. No? Well, your body does. Each of these is a time when you faced some germy invader, and after you fought them off, your body stored a memory so it would recognize these threats if they showed up again. Not in your brain – a cellular memory… in your immune system. We’re learning that the immune system is so adaptable and long-lasting that we might be able to engineer our bodies and become immune to germs we’ve never met, or even give ourselves universal immunity. But how does this incredible army of cellular guardians do its job? Are we so powerful, that we could ever be immu...
