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Late Responders: The Adaptive System monday medicine

               An early responder system like the innate immune system discussed last week prevents countless enemy attacks from getting beyond the edges of our tissues.  When the innate system is not enough or the battle...

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Immune Teams monday medicine

               Not only were you born with an immune system comprised of a myriad of cell types working together to defend your body, this system was endowed with a communication network so complex that we are still learning...

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The Immune Team's Innate System monday medicine

               Any good defense system requires some type of early response to meet an invader when it first breeches the borders.  In past weeks, an overview of the innate and adaptive immune system provided a...

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The Team: Sub-Units, Early, and Late Responders monday medicine

               You were born with an immune system.  We call it a system because of its myriad interdependent and multi-layered defenses.  It is much greater than a single night watchman walking the store every hour...

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