A 68-year-old ecologist in New York has claimed that his immune system kills ticks that bite him.Dr Richard Ostfeld has spent decades studying the critters in the Hudson Valley and been bitten hundreds of times.The many pricks have, according to the ecologist, taught his immune cells to recognize the threat and go on the attack — in a condition called acquired tick immunity — helping to protect him from illnesses like Lyme disease.
Load More
Load More