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News Release 05-214
Ancient Jawless Vertebrates Used Novel Immune Responses
Scientists sink their teeth into lamprey immune system to probe alternate pathogen protection mechanism
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The sea lamprey is a modern representative of the ancient jawless vertebrates. Researchers at UMBI's Center of Marine Biotechnology are studying the lamprey to better understand the immune system of humans and other jawed vertebrates.
Credit: Ulrike Klenke and Zeev Pancer, Center of Marine Biotechnology, UMBI, Baltimore, Md.
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