Fish provide insight into the evolution of the immune system

(University of East Anglia) New research reveals how immune systems can evolve resistance to parasites.The study published in Nature Communications, solves the enigma of how species can adapt and change their immune system to cope with new parasitic threats -- whilst at the same time showing little or no evolutionary change in critical immune function over millions of years. It help to explain why we humans have some immune genes that are almost identical to those of chimpanzees.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news