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Sometimes, though, the bugs use biochemical trickery to disguise themselves and evade antibodies. The acquired immune system's counterstrategy: so-called antigen-presenting cells, including dendritic cells that latch onto invading bugs and strip them of their chemical camouflage. Thus exposed, the pathogens are prepped for destruction by killer T cells, whose job is to engulf and destroy them. The killer Ts are meanwhile lured to the site of infection in the greatest possible numbers by signaling chemicals known as cytokines, released by the dendritic cells...
...official shelter's walls, ceiling and floors are made of steel-reinforced concrete, the armored door is 30 cm thick, there's a small escape hatch with its own metal door and double-latch lock, and the shelter comes with two filtration devices: one designed to screen out biological and chemical substances and another to suck in fresh...
...soul,” is extraneous in the art of beat-building. In dance music, song structure is irrelevant, for at its home on the floor, there is neither need nor desire for a beginning and end; it’s all mixed together. Without something to latch onto—a hook, a chorus, a person—-dance music simply exists, providing nothing other than its own pulse. Hordes of indignant listeners and curmudgeonly rock critics have rallied against the apparent coldness and artificiality of disco, as well as sonic offspring like house, techno, and breakbeat. Yet dance...
...TOXINS ATTACH TO CELL One of the toxins, called protective antigen, attaches to a receptor found on most cells. When seven of them find their mark, they latch together, forming a ring with a hole in its center. Then one of the other toxins--either a killing toxin or a swelling toxin--plugs the hole...
...don’t even know who O’Neill is. These are the bandwagoners, the same folks who had the guts to root for the Cowboys and the Bulls in the 1990s. These are the wannabe New Yorkers who aren’t gritty enough to latch onto lovable losers like Rey Ordonez and Timo Perez. These are the same followers who were attracted to the Yankees by their “classy uniforms” and “winning tradition,” and by “how hot Derek Jeter...