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An example of anthropomorphism:

"IgG3…is smaller than IgM and therefore it is able to go into many more tissues. It is able to cross certain tissue barriers and go into those sites where viruses might actually try to go to and hide"

Prof. Onur Boyman

Prof. Onur Boyman (Director, Department of Immunology, University Hospital Zurich) was being interviewed on an episode ('Predicting Long Covid, and the Global Toll of Antimicrobial Resistance') of 'BBC Inside Science'

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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.