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The IRG protein-based resistance mechanism in mice and its relation to virulence in Toxoplasma gondii

Jonathan C. Howard, Julia P. Hunna and Tobias Steinfeldt. 2011. The IRG protein-based resistance mechanism in mice and its relation to virul...

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Tissue macrophage heterogeneity: issues and prospects

Siamon Gordon and Annette Plűddemann. 2013. Tissue macrophage heterogeneity: issues and prospects. Seminars in Immunopathology, 35 (5), 533-...

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Elie Metchnikoff: A Passionate Scientist

Elie Metchnikoff, Nobel laureate in Medicine and Physiology in 1908, is the father of innate immunity, the rapid, but non-specific defense against infection.

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