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Hepatitis C Main Forums => Hepatitis C Research News & Studies => Topic started by: Hep Editors on June 09, 2015, 12:15:03 pm
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“Warring armies use a variety of tactics as they struggle to gain the upper hand. Among their tricks is to attack with a decoy force that occupies the defenders while an unseen force launches a separate attack that the defenders fail to notice.”
A very poetic intro from this recent study out of Georgia Tech, which says different viral variants of HCV not only continually mutate to evade the immune system, but also often sacrifice themselves so that other viral variants might escape unharmed.
For more info: http://www.hepmag.com/articles/viral_decoy_2501_27356.shtml