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    All Cells Bulletin: How Fame Powers Your Immune System

    by Veronique Greenwood Sep 20, 2013 2 minutes

    hen talking about our health, we tend to refer breezily to “the immune system,” as if it were as simple as an electric fence keeping out invaders. And there’s certainly an electric fence component: The innate immune response is an ancient, relatively nonspecific kind of defense that triggers inflammation and

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