Ancient microbes linked to evolution of human immune proteins

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Aug 21, 2024, 4:24 pm177 pts
When you become infected with a virus, some of the first weapons your body deploys to fight it are those passed down to us from our microbial ancestors billions of years ago. According to new research from The University of Texas at Austin, two key elements of our innate immune system came from a group of…

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