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The Immune System
Title: The Immune System
Category: Science & Technology
Details: Words: 2186 | Pages: 9.3 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Immune System
The Immune System
Period 2
May 23, 1999
The immune system is the most incredible part of our body. It has the task of keeping the body healthy by destroying pathogens and disease-producing organisms, and by neutralizing their toxins. The immune system employs the services of the skin, mucous membranes, hair, cilia, saliva, urine and other natural means of waste disposal to keep the body free of illness and pathogens, For instance, should foreign bacteria enter the body, …showed first 75 words of 2186 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 2186 total…Virus). This is a particularly a problem causing disease for the immune system because the virus actually attacks immune system cells. In particular, it reproduces inside Helper T cells and kills them in the process. Without Helper T cells to orchestrate things, the immune system eventually collapses and the victim dies of some other infection that the immune system would normally be able to handle. This page shows the reproductive process of HIV very clearly.
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