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Education and promiscuity

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Immune cells must be taught to distinguish between invading microbes and the body's own proteins. A new study re-emphasizes the importance of a thorough education in the thymus, and identifies an essential instructor.

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  1. Division of Immunology and Hamish S. Scott is in the Division of Genetics and Bioinformatics, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, 1G Royal Parade, Parkville, 3050, Victoria, Australia

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Heath, W., Scott, H. Education and promiscuity. Nature 420, 468–469 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/420468a

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