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    We Reduce It? By Dr. Keith Kantor Inflammation is our body's response to outside threats like stress, toxic chemicals, viruses, and bacteria. When the immune system senses one of the dangers, it activates certain proteins meant to protect cells and tissues. Normally inflammation serves as a friend (a sore throat for example). If the immune system overreacts, the inflammation can be turned against our body. Many things can cause chronic inflammation but the most common is the food we eat and…

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    Immunizations

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    required for children because they are healthy for the child. Immunizations has the word immune in it which describes what a vaccine does to a child. The immunizations keep children immune from diseases such as polio, chicken pox, and measles. The immunizations are given to children as a vaccine, which has weak lab-made proteins that act like the actual disease in order to teach the human body how to become immune to it. WebMD claims, “Each of the diseases addressed by these vaccines posed a…

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    Vaccination Disadvantages

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    antigenic material to stimulate immune response. Conventional vaccines insert attenuated or killed infectious agent, such as virus or antigenic protein, into the body to stimulate immune system to develop immunity against the pathogen. However, this type of vaccines has some weakness. For example, attenuated virus may suddenly become very active in the body and cause disease instead of stimulating immune response. Conventional vaccines also unable to stimulate immune system to develop protection…

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    that could lead to negative repercussions on their daily lives. Some people claim that lack of sleep does not impact their daily lives. However, sleep deprivation frequently leads to negative effects on human memory, academic performance and the immune system. Lack…

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    Protecting the body from disease and infection is the immune system, one of the body’s most important and necessary function. However in some cases, the immune system attacks healthy cells in the body by mistake; which can causes various of problems and diseases in the body. Conditions and diseases of this abnormal response of the immune system are often referred as an autoimmune disease. One of the most common autoimmune diseases is psoriasis, a chronic skin diseases categorized with raised,…

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    ZIKV

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    Zika virus (ZIKV) is a flavivirus transmitted through the bites of infected Aedes species of mosquitoes. In 1947, ZIKV virus was first recognized in Uganda in monkeys through a system that observed yellow fever. Later in 1952, the virus was acknowledged in humans in Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania. Since then, there has been reports of outbreaks of ZIKV in Africa, America, Asia and the South Pacific. In 2007, the first large outbreak of ZIKV was reported from Yap Island. ZIKV is…

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    associated anoxeria and weight loss in absence of supporting clinical evidence. This has raised the concern about the safety of marijuana smoking by subjects with an acquired immune deficiency. The safety concern is not only pertaining to effect of THCthe immune system but also for the endocrine system, nervous system and respiratory system on long term and heavy use of marijuana. The use of marijuana was increased due to anecdotes that were established around 20 to 50 years ago in form of…

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    Effects Of Water Pollution

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    diseases, it can affect soil, it affects animals that live in water, and clean water is also essential to our survival. Polluted water can be the cause of various diseases. If we put polluted water into our system it can damage our system. One of the major systems inside the human body, the immune system,…

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    introduce new genes to the body, just like it’s incredibly complicated to keep them within the body over a required period of time. The main points that will be addressed about the limitations of gene therapy will be, gene delivery, and activation, immune response, disrupting important genes in target cells, and commercial viability. In the aspect of gene delivery and activation, it is crucial for the altered genes to reach its proper destination, since bringing a gene to the wrong cells could…

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    Bacterial Meningitis Essay

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    Abstract Viral infections are the most common cause of meningitis, followed by bacterial infections and rarely, fungal infections. Since bacterial meningitis can be life-threatening, identifying the cause is essential. Bacteria that enter the bloodstream and travel to the brain and spinal cord cause acute bacterial meningitis but it it can also occur when bacteria directly invade the meninges. This may be caused by an ear or sinus infection, a skull fracture or, rarely, after some surgeries.…

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