An adaptive immune response in Drosophila?
The ability to mount an adaptive immune response is thought to be an attribute restricted to vertebrates. A new study conducted in Drosophila demonstrates that invertebrate immunity can adapt to an immune challenge and mount a specific immune response.
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Section of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine, 295 Congress Avenue, New Haven, CT 06519-1418, USA. herve.agaisse@yale.edu
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