Mapping Ignorance: A new pathway to avoid macrophage pathogenic infections
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During the Cold War the competition between both sides, Russia and the United States of America, caused a quick development of military and spacial technology: while the Soviet Union was the first country responsible for an orbital launch (Sputnik 1), the first nation to ever send a man to space and pioneered spacewalks, the U. S. A. put a man on the moon. The history of humanity is full of examples of arm races and technology wars. Swords conditioned the production of armours and siege weapons evolved hand in hand with fortresses, which became nearly outdated when gunpowder arrived.
The history of life itself is also conditioned by diverse arm races. Some of them are quite evident: cheetah and gazelles became engaged in a literal race that resulted in both species increasing progressively their manoeuvrability. But there are also arm races inside the organisms; molecular and cellular races. The study of Dra. Valledor’s group is focused in an example of these competitions: the interrelation between macrophages and certain pathogens.
