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    fifty percent, while others provide evidence against such a claim. It is difficult to determine how many people die from the flu, who has the flu, and which strain of the flu someone has. There are over 200 viruses that cause flu like systems. In reality, researchers believe that only 7 or 8 percent of cases of people actually contract the flu that report systems associated with the flu such as, headache, fever, coughing, etc. The flu can mutate very quickly causing the virus to differ every flu season

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    people healthy. A common misconception among parents is that vaccines are harmful and can cause autism, but in reality immunization prevents deadly diseases keeps many from becoming ill. Due to vaccinations, many popular diseases from the past 200 years have almost completely disappeared. A vaccine is the injection of a dead disease causing microorganism into the body. After injection, the immune system will attack the infection and build up an immunity against it. In the future the chance of infection

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    are fatal infected disease such as HIV and AIDs. AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is an incurable disease that destroys the patient’s immune system. AIDS is caused by infection with HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)HIV is transmitted through the exchange of bodily fluids. People can become infected by HIV through sexual contact I was reading an article from last class material where it says that rich people are the immune system of a person infected by HIV becomes weaker over time, and

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    People get infected after being exposed to the fungus. The spores can be found in air, water, and on a host. Lungs, brain, sinuses and nervous system are the most body parts that get infected. This infection is more common in people with weakened immune system and immunocompromised patients. Iron metabolism impacts considerably mucor infections. It is proved that Deferoxamine can creates some conditions that favorable predisposes to mucormycosis by supplying the fungus

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    causes inflammation. It is caused by infections at large. However, bacteria, fungi, viruses and other parasites may also be responsible for the condition. Older people who are above 65 years, people having chronic illness and those who have a week immune system are more prone and likely to this kind of inflammation. Pneumonia can range from mild to life threatening illness. In fact this condition is characterized with high inflammation in the lungs which is caused by the abnormal filling of fluid

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    Imagine that within the snap of your finger the very tumor in your body, that was once rapidly dividing and taking over your organs is now gone. All because of a “cure”. Well, snap your fingers right back into reality. Although a cure is very much wanted, there is not one. The only “cure” is within ourselves, a simple lifestyle change. According to the Cancer Center, next to heart disease, the largest cause of death today in the United States is cancer. There are many people who suggest a “cure”

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    The human immune system is the most diversely advanced and capable defense system on the face of the Earth. It is thousands of times more complex and adaptable than any home security system and equally lethal. The hands of time and evolution have created, through natural selection, this ultimate combatant to all substance parasitic. As time has progressed, and as human advancement has pushed forward, more is being unveiled everyday about this multipart system. Weakness, even today, is constantly

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    which infiltrate and destroy graft. The intensity of the immune response depends on the recipient and the nature of the tissues. The transplantation of an organ is always accompanied by an immune system of the recipient organism. This response results in the rejection of the organ. The analysis of mechanisms of this reaction permits the development of molecules avoiding its occurrence. These molecules are designed to decrease the immune system and are therefore classified as immunosuppressants

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    genetic modifications, life spans can be lengthened. Animals and humans could live longer by replacing old cells with new ones. Also, with the assistance of genetic engineering, “super humans” can be created. Heroes with “powers” on t.v. can become a reality.

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    Statistics, 2016). These numbers are very startling. HIV, or Human Immunodeficiency Virus, attacks the body’s immune system, more specifically its T cells. With HIV weakening the immune system it can lead to a greater risk for infection, and eventually Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The immune system is not an actual system in the body but more a process of the body. The immune “system” works through the body’s lymphatic system. The human’s lymphatic system is an incredible and intricate

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