Some Design Principles for Immune System Recognition

Alan S. Perelson and Frederik W. Wiegel

Working Papers from Santa Fe Institute

Abstract: The immune system is a complex system that learns, remembers what it has learned, and acts to protect us from a variety of pathogens. Here we address the question of how the immune system is able to recognize and learn about pathogens that can rapidly evolve and hence potentially change so as to avoid immune recognition.

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Keywords: Immune system; design arguments; somatic mutation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998-12
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