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The most dramatic changes in human society and the quality of our lives have been associated with the discovery of new ideas and principles. There are many obvious examples, such as the discovery that the earth is round, that the earth is not the center of the universe, that the sun is fueled by nuclear fusion, that beliefs are testable by a scientific method, that evolution determines existing life forms, that electromagnetic waves occur, that many diseases are contagious, and that the template for life is encoded in genes. Without these fundamental concepts the modern miracles of space travel, energy generation, world-wide communication, and health might not exist. This manuscript will explore the development of the concepts that explain a modest miracle, the survival of people and animals despite constant immersion in a sea of microorganisms that outnumber us many million times. Prof. Piet De Somer and his colleagues, Prof. A. Billiau and Prof. E. De Clercq, were among a small band of scientists who championed a major change in the paradigms by which the body defends itself against this incessant onslaught.
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Baron, S. (1987). Mechanisms of Natural Resistance. In: De Clercq, E. (eds) Frontiers in Microbiology. New Perspectives in Clinical Microbiology, vol 13. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3353-8_10
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