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Medical Sciences
How some people resist a disease their genes made near-certain
A few people carry mutations that should have made them ill, and stay well anyway. Here is how protective genetic variants work, why researchers hunt for them, and what a new preprint on two Colombian carriers does and does not show.
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Medical Sciences
How vaccines actually train your immune system
A vaccine does not fight disease for you — it teaches your own immune system to recognise a threat in advance. Here is how that training works, and the main types of vaccines.
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