Researchers provide new details about sea stars' immunity
Tuesday, July 28, 2015 - 19:30
in Biology & Nature
A study examining sea stars dying along the West Coast provides new clues about the starfish's immune response and its ability to protect a diverse coastal ecosystem. The team found that the sea stars have an immune response that is characterized by various types of immunities and that they have multiple aspects of the toll-signaling pathway, which is an important recognition.