Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 17 hours agoNever understood this. If something foreign enters you your white blood cells go after it like a dog in heat, Would this not mean that our cells are smart enough to discern bad from good?message-squaremessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down14
arrow-up116arrow-down1message-squareNever understood this. If something foreign enters you your white blood cells go after it like a dog in heat, Would this not mean that our cells are smart enough to discern bad from good?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 17 hours agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareKlox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·15 hours agoI didn’t appreciate how much of chemistry and biology is just geometry until reading about AlphaFold. AFAIK, antigens bind because they literally “fit”. And if they don’t fit, it just slips off until the body can produce a matching geometry.
I didn’t appreciate how much of chemistry and biology is just geometry until reading about AlphaFold. AFAIK, antigens bind because they literally “fit”. And if they don’t fit, it just slips off until the body can produce a matching geometry.