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THE MIRACLE OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
stream swim along, interlocking with one another like the metallic projec-
tions of a zipper. The HIV leaps from one T cell to another to avoid con-
tact with the antibodies in the blood stream. All this is done by a virus,
which is only one micron in size, possesses no DNA and cannot even be
qualified as a living creature. The extraordinary ability of the HIV virus to
recognize the human body so well, develop advanced systems to over-
come the human body, implement the necessary strategies without any
errors and constantly modify itself to be protected from all kinds of weap-
ons used by the body are all truly amazing. This is a very good example
of how helpless mankind is rendered in the presence of a minute virus,
which cannot be seen with the naked eye.
