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Immune To Every Disease? A Mimotope Masterclass.
They Could Be In Your Next Flu-Shot…
Diseases have always been an issue, and it doesn’t look like they’ll stop anytime soon.
No matter how we evolve, the hordes of viruses, bacteria, and who-knows-what roaming around the planet will evolve to match us.
No matter how hard we try to prevent them, pandemics will always happen. Not to mention diseases like cancer, Alzheimer’s, and diabetes. They’re only getting worse. And if we don’t completely change how we approach them, they’ll never stop.
Science is trying to break us out of this vicious cycle. Here’s just one weapon we’re using to fight back against the growing threat of disease.
But that’s easier said than done.
The Immune System:
Most “germs” we see today are the product of eons of evolution — some of them have been adapting to their surroundings for billions of years longer than us. When the natural disparity between us and them is so huge, it gets pretty hard to compete.
It’s one of the reasons why millions of our ancestors died decades ago, from diseases we think of as trivial today. Diseases like smallpox — a virus so deadly that it killed…
