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Insight on fruit fly immune system could lead to new types of vaccines, Stanford researchers say

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have found for the first time that flies' primitive immune systems may develop long-term protection from infection, an ability previously thought impossible for insects.The findings could have implications for new ways of developing human vaccines, especially for people with compromised immune systems.

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