After digesting a pathogen, a macrophage will present the antigen (a molecule, most often a protein found on the surface of the pathogen and used by the immune system for identification) of the pathogen to the corresponding helper T cell.
The Federal Communications Commission could be throwing a wrench in Verizon Communicationsâ strategy for offering super-fast upcoming 5G wireless service in the next few years. The strategy depends in part on Verizon $1.8 billion deal to acquire XO Communicationsâ national fiber optic network and lease rights to XOâs high frequency airwave rights. But this week, the FCC said it was pausing its usual 180-day review period for evaluating the deal with XO, owned by billionaire investor Carl Icahn, after many of Verizonâs competitors complained.
Merger Results in Verizon Name. According to the company's official website, Verizon Communications Inc. formed June 30, 2000, following the merger of two smaller companies: New York-based Bell Atlantic Corp. and Stamford, Conn.-based GTE Corp.he companies preceding Verizon have roots going back to the very beginning of the telephone business, once the technology was perfected in the late 1800s. Throughout the 20th century, government regulations determined whether a company could operate in a given community.