immune cells may have unhealthy interests

An example of anthropomorphism in popular science writing:

"…T regulatory cells… answer the question Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? who guards the guards? The T regulatory cells identify and suppress immune cells with an unhealthy interest in normal cells."

Catherine Carver

Carver, C. (2017). Immune. How your body defends and protects you. Bloomsbury Sigma. Read about this book: 'Disease and immunity – a biological myth'

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.