News: On the Origin of The Immune System
- From: "Robert Karl Stonjek" <rstonjek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 19:36:40 -0400 (EDT)
Science 1 May 2009:
Vol. 324. no. 5927, pp. 580 - 582
DOI: 10.1126/science.324_580
On the Origin of The Immune System
John Travis
Did the immune system evolve to keep out harmful organisms, or is it like a
bouncer at a nightclub, trained to allow the right microbes in and kick the
less desirable ones out? In the fifth essay in Science's series in honor of
the Year of Darwin, John Travis explores the evolution of the immune system
and how it became the centerpiece of the most dramatic confrontation so far
between science educators and scientists determined to keep evolution in the
classroom and advocates of the quasi-religious theory known as intelligent
design.
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