Scientists discover a completely different way to fight viruses

According to ScienceDaily, researchers have discovered that sea anemones defend against viruses through a completely different biological mechanism than humans rely on. Announced yesterday, this finding upends conventional thinking about immune evolution: rather than nature settling on a single optimal design, evolution independently engineered multiple distinct antiviral defenses across different animal lineages—suggesting the path to fighting viruses was far more varied than scientists realized.

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