Idiotypic Networks and Other Preconceived Ideas
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- 1 June 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Immunological Reviews
- Vol. 79 (1) , 5-24
Abstract
“Mirrors would be well‐advised to think twice before reflecting images.”The progress of science consists partly of replacing preconceived ideas by better ones, and partly of collecting experimental data relevant to these ideas. The latter exercise facilitates the former. The more fundamental the ideas are, the more rewarding is their replacement.In the present paper I shall reconsider some basic questions related to the function of idiotypic networks in the immune system.Keywords
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