Evolution Quote by Peter C. Doherty

Many key concepts concerning the nature of immunity have originated from the very practical need to control virus infections.

— Peter C. Doherty

There are two main types of immunity to an infection. Innate immunity comes from circulating cells that attack any invader the body views as…

— Scott Gottlieb

“In all likelihood, the most significant of these is a heightened chance of acquiring harmful parasites or diseases from a conspecific. Both parasites and…

— Bill Schutt

Investigating rare diseases gives researchers more clues about how the healthy immune system functions.

— Anonymous

My father was a scientist and his colleagues were into pathology and microbiology, and study of viruses and how it spreads and mutates, so…

— Abhinav Shukla

“We were seated in a sparkling new building on the UBC campus with austere modern lines and sleek, minimalist décor—about as sterile a setting…

— Kathleen McAuliffe

Whenever the immune system deals successfully with an infection, it emerges from the experience stronger and better able to confront similar threats in the…

— Andrew Weil

Like many great ideas in biology, the idea implicating infectious causation in chronic diseases, though simple, has far-reaching implications. It is so simple and…

— Paul W. Ewald

The immune systems goal is to protect the body against invaders either from without, such as microbes, or from within, such as cancers and…

— Anthony S. Fauci

The immune system's goal is to protect the body against invaders either from without, such as microbes, or from within, such as cancers and…

— Anthony Fauci

There is only one constant element in immunity, whether innate or acquired, and that is phagocytosis. The extension and importance of this factor can…

— Elie Metchnikoff

Even if it had not been possible to reproduce the disease in animals and consequently to verify the hypothesis, this simple observation would have…

— Charles Jules Henry Nicole