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    Today in the world humans have the lowest death rate to diseases that have been a huge problem for the human race. Smallpox was one of these diseases that caused many problems to the human race, but with vaccines scientists and doctors were able to eradicate the disease completely, and no natural case has occurred since 1949 (“What is Smallpox?”). However recently people are afraid to vaccinate themselves and their children due to the chance of severe reactions (“Vaccine Reactions”). In addition

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    The human body can be understood as an ecologically diverse landscape; not only are we cultivated by our own human cells, most of our body is inhabited by other organisms that range from neutral species to pathogenic dangers. This diverse spectrum of microorganisms is called the human microbiota, and is composed of around 10-100 trillion commensal microbial cells (1). These may include bacteria, fungi, viruses, most of which may be harmless. Microbiota are dispersed throughout our bodies, though

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    Introduction Infectious diseases are the leading cause of death all over the world [1]. Malaria, also called plasmodium infection, is one of the most important human infectious diseases threatening the lives of millions of people every year. According to WHO malaria report, globally, an estimated 3.2 billion people in 97 countries and territories are at risk of being infected with malaria and developing disease, and 1.2 billion are at high risk [2]. Although the disease has been eradicated in most

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    History Of Vaccines

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    for modern vaccinology in 1796, Edward Jenner observed a milkmaid with the cowpox infection appeared to be immune to the outbreak of smallpox. By inoculating an eight year old boy with the pus from an infected milkmaid, and exposing smallpox material to the boy weeks later, Jenner demonstrated smallpox immunization; as the boy never fell ill (Stern, 2005). “That the cow-pox protects the human constitution from the infection of smallpox” – Edward Jenner Jenner tested his hypothesis on 23 additional

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    network security and human body resistant to pathogenic attacks. Wireless sensor network is based on low cost and low energy sensor nodes which are connected to physical signals. Such networks are made up of sensors and gateways the data to the end user. This paper used the wireless sensor network nodes and machine learning techniques to distinguish between fake and genuine nodes then desired the inspiration from the human immune system to prevent the role of virtual anti-bodies in system to avoid the fake

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    is performing certain procedures that help maintain and sustain the human body. In addition, there are different elements that occur to impair a person’s health like physical and mental disorders, bacterial infections, and viral infections. These illnesses can cause minor to major fragments in a person’s life. A key virus that dumbfounds scientist and doctors till this day is the word “HIV”. This virus attacks the immune system, which is the body’s major component of defense against infections and

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    work by targeting the host immune system, instead of the tumor, in order to attack cancer cells harder and smarter than through previous treatments (Kohrt et. al., 2016). The immune system recognizes the tumor cells as foreign, triggers an immune response, and then promotes tumor cell death or growth inhibition (Berman and Simone, 2016). When considering all of the involved immune cells, cytokines, and other immune factors that play a role in the function of the immune system, it is clear that there

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    treatment that uses certain parts of a person’s immune system to fight diseases such as cancer, which can be done in a few different ways. One way is stimulating your own immune system to work harder or smarter to attack cancer cells. Second, giving your immune system components , such as man-made immune system proteins. The immune system is a collection of organs, special cells, and substances that help protect you from infections and some other diseases. Immune cells and the substances they make travel

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    their effects can range from mild to life-altering. They all have one thing in common however, individuals with these diseases have overactive immune systems which then begin to attack the body's healthy cells. As the numbers of individuals with inflammatory diseases continues to rise the question then becomes, how did these disorders of the immune system begin in the first place? This article seeks to provide some answers to this question by detailing the work

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    The immune system can broadly be divided into two categories: the innate immune system and the acquired or adaptive immune system. The innate system acts like the first line of defense, it works by recognizing a broad range of pathogens on the basis of their patterns and certain molecules that are different from those found in the organism e.g. the human innate immune system will recognize peptidoglycans that are found in bacteria but not humans. The innate system consists of physical barriers like

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