Professor Sidney W Fox was credited with his discovery of life origins. In 5 months time, it will be the 9th anniversary since he has passed on. The brainchild of Professor Sidney's work, the protocells can be synthesized from amino acids and small peptides. Further work proved that these protein spheres can reproduce and divide. Can these protocells possibly be the handy tool of immunologists? Imagine being able to synthesize microspheres made up of a whole range of antigenic peptides. Our immune system is always on the lookout for antigen. Can antigenic microspheres be used as a bait to trick the immune system into a response, and induce immunity to the pathogen itself?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_W._Fox
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