Human Biology: Concepts and Current Issues
Human Biology: Concepts and Current Issues
7th Edition
ISBN: 9780321821652
Author: Michael D. Johnson
Publisher: Benjamin Cummings
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The role of the immune system in the prevention of cancer.

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T cells stand for thymus cells and B cells stand for bone marrow cells. These cells are a part if the immune system. T cells directly destroy the problem cells while B cells mark the cells that need to be destroyed for other kinds of lymphocytes called natural killer cells. The immune system is important as it plays a defensive role against agents like microbes that are infectious or any cells or particle that is foreign to the body and its immune system.

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