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A whole new world of tiny beings challenges fundamental ideas of life

by arto on 2/14/25, 9:33 AM with 2 comments

• by arto on 2/14/25, 9:33 AM

  https://archive.is/Bc2XY

• by Terr_ on 2/14/25, 10:23 AM

  That makes me think of the "complement system" of innate immunity, where a collection of free floating proteins trigger and catalyze and assemble-with one another in the presence of foreign material.

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complement_system