A virus with its own immune system
Apr. 14th, 2013 02:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nancylebovhttp://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23224-zoologger-the-only-virus-with-an-immune-system.html
Many bacteria have adaptive immune systems, the kind with a library of previous attackers. I was a bit surprised. I thought something that cool at least took being multi-cellular, but what do I know?
So far, they haven't found a virus which builds a library, but there's a virus which keeps a copy of part of a cholera bacteria's immune system, apparently so that it can recognize and target the immune system.
Link thanks to Diane Duane on Facebook.
Many bacteria have adaptive immune systems, the kind with a library of previous attackers. I was a bit surprised. I thought something that cool at least took being multi-cellular, but what do I know?
So far, they haven't found a virus which builds a library, but there's a virus which keeps a copy of part of a cholera bacteria's immune system, apparently so that it can recognize and target the immune system.
Link thanks to Diane Duane on Facebook.
