Hosts may use two systems in fight against infection
Thursday, April 7, 2011 - 05:00
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- Over the last decade, vertebrate immunologists have debated the validity of two distinct models of how immune systems work. Now, a Cornell entomologist argues in the April 1 issue of Science that clues from insect immunity suggest that the two models may not be mutually exclusive and, in fact, may work in tandem to trigger appropriately calibrated immune responses.
