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That kind of fine-tuning necessarily makes the immune system complicated--but to understand the vaccination revolution, you first have to understand the complications. The simplest immune reaction--triggered by a mosquito bite, for example, or an allergen--is inflammation. When the insect bites, the immune system uses cellular troops that have had no special training. Cells called leukocytes, neutrophils and mast cells routinely cruise the bloodstream sniffing for an unfamiliar chemical signature. If they find it, they signal for reinforcements that swarm to kill the invader--the equivalent of an infantry attack...
...Best Dotcom Survivor With the simplest of business models - matching buyers to sellers and taking a percentage of each completed sale - the online auction powerhouse eBay rode out the wave of antitech sentiment that drowned many other former stars. The company has grabbed about 90% of the online consumer auction market. Almost 38 million registered users can't be wrong...
...successfully follow up on his immensely popular novel The Reader. Besides Schlink’s liquid prose and fluid character development, the two works are practically opposites, but Flights of Love should certainly hold its own against the huge expectations of Schlink’s fans. At its simplest, Flights of Love is a beautiful and delightfully uncompromising collection, showing a surprising quirkiness that still retains Schlink’s formalistic style...
...which the message is conveyed overtly. A photo on a website with arms crossed could mean attack an East Coast nuclear power plant; a blue bandanna could mean West Coast bridges. "Sometimes," says Ben Venzke, a terrorism specialist at the security analyst firm IntelCenter, "the best technologies are the simplest ones...
...with the Man of Glass (an elderly neighbor so named for his severe bone disease) adds an intellectual counterpoint to all the levity. But just when it seems that Jeunet is establishing another dour subplot, he kicks it to the curb with one of the film’s simplest and best jokes. It’s clear that Jeunet and his cast are having fun with this film, and the enthusiasm is contagious. After the recent release of The Closet, the new standard for French comedy seemed impossibly high, but Amélie raises the bar once again. It?...