Q&A: Why feeling sick may be important for surviving infection
Lillian Eden
Symptoms such as fatigue, loss of appetite, altered sleep, and social withdrawal are often treated as inconvenient side effects of infection. While some scientists have suggested that they may serve a protective function, it is widely assumed that they’re byproducts of being sick. Now, in a new perspective published in Trends in Immunology on April 30, Whitehead […] The post Q&A: Why feeling sick may be important for surviving infection appeared first on MIT Department of Biology .