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Scientists Explore Why Some People Are Able To Live With An Infection Unscathed

What if your body could corral an infection instead of eliminating it? Immunologists who see this sort of "disease tolerance" in plants wonder what role it might play in asymptomatic human infections.

Copyright 2020 Undark Magazine

Emily Laber-Warren