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Tremendous effort to understand how microbes influence health has brought fewer advances in treating and preventing disease than one might have expected.
The year 2007 marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Burnet's clonal selection theory. This theory provided an intellectual framework that revolutionized the field of immunology.
Scientific exchange and knowledge is not bound by international boundaries; indeed, science can promote interaction and understanding across such boundaries.
Understanding how transcription factors direct lymphocyte lineage determination requires appreciation of the myriad ways in which they interact with and influence other cellular processes.