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The Immune System - Patient
We are surrounded by millions of bacteria, viruses and other germs (microbes) that have the potential to enter our bodies and cause harm. The immune system is the body's defence against disease-causing microbes (pathogens).
http://patient.info/health/the-immune-system
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How Your Immune System Works - How Stuff Works
Inside your body there is an amazing protectioÂn mechanism called the immune system. It is designed to defend you against millions of bacteria, microbes, viruses, toxins and parasites that would love to invade your body.
http://health.howstuffworks.com/human-body/systems/immune/immune-system.htm
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Immune System and Disorders - Medline Plus
Your immune system is a complex network of cells, tissues, and organs that work together to defend against germs. It helps your body to recognize these "foreign" invaders. Then its job is to keep them out, or if it can't, to find and destroy them.
https://medlineplus.gov/immunesystemanddisorders.html
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Autoimmune Diseases May Be Side Effect Of A Strong Immune System - New Scientist
Evolution could be to blame for our autoimmune diseases, such as lupus, multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis. For the first time, we have evidence that people who are more susceptible to disorders of this kind are that way because their immune system is better equipped to combat dangerous infections, enabling them to live longer.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2099313-autoimmune-diseases-may-be-side-effect-of-a-strong-immune-system/
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Immune System - NIAD
The immune system is a network of cells, tissues, and organs that work together to protect the body from infection. Although scientists have learned much about the immune system, they continue to study how the body targets invading microbes, infected cells, and tumors while ignoring healthy tissues.
https://www.niaid.nih.gov/topics/immunesystem/Pages/default.aspx
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Kids Health - Immune System
The immune system, composed of special cells, proteins, tissues, and organs that protect against germs and microorganisms, is the body's defense against disease.
http://kidshealth.org/en/parents/immune.html
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12 Fun Facts About the Immune System - Healthline
Learn some odd and astounding information about the system that's supposed to keep your body healthy.
http://www.healthline.com/health/cold-flu/fun-facts
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Human Immune System Diagram: How It Works - Live Science
A look at the disease-fighting immune system.
http://www.livescience.com/38028-how-the-human-body-s-immune-system-works-infographic.html
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Learning About the Immune System - Leukine
This section of Leukine.com is intended to provide you with a general understanding of the cells of the immune system and the role they play in fighting infections.
http://www.leukine.com/patient-learning-about-the-immune-system
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Immune System Facts, Information, Pictures - Encyclopedia
Get information, facts, and pictures about Immune System at Encyclopedia.com. Make research projects and school reports about Immune System easy with credible articles from our free, online encyclopedia and dictionary.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Immune_System.aspx
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Immune System Boosters and Busters - Web MD
Are you doing all you can to strengthen your immune system? Web MD tells you which habits might be costing you immunity - and ways you can fight back.
http://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/10-immune-system-busters-boosters
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Immune System and Disorders - Medline Plus
Learn all about the Immune System and Disorders.
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/immunesystemanddisorders.html
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How to Boost your Immune System - Harvard Health
On the whole, your immune system does a remarkable job of defending you against disease-causing microorganisms. But sometimes it fails: A germ invades successfully.
http://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/how-to-boost-your-immune-system
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Immune System: Diseases, Disorders and Function - Live Science
The job of the immune system is to protect against disease. Description of the human immune system.
http://www.livescience.com/26579-immune-system.html
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Immune System - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
The immune system is a system of many biological structures and processes within an organism that protects against disease. To function properly, an immune system must detect a wide variety of agents, known as pathogens, from viruses to parasitic worms, and distinguish them from the organism's own healthy tissue.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immune_system
