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The ubiquity of RNA viruses hints that our genomes might also contain an innate, yet highly adapted, defence system that targets this abundant class of pathogens by manipulating their mutation rate.
Lamenting "the near total erosion of the distinction between the upmarket dailies and their tabloid print and television inferiors," MacArthur attacked both the Times and the Washington Post for persisting in a "self-righteous persecution of Mr. Clinton and defence of Mr. Starr's vice-squad techniques."
Far less attention has been directed toward the less specific innate (‘nonadaptive’) immune response, even though this response requires a wide array of genes and acts as the front line of immune defence (Box 1).
The source is The Defence of the Epilogue, or, An Essay on the Dramatic Poetry of the Last Age, published in 1672 with Almanzor and Almahide, or, The Conquest of Granada by the Spaniards, which had been roundly criticized, especially for its language.
Or maybe, if the stateside magic kingdom is too much to contemplate, the next Defence Against Dark Arts Master (there's a new one each book, just to mix things up) could be a voodoo priestess from New Orleans or a Wiccan from Northampton.