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Understanding Peripheral Immune Tolerance Peripheral immune tolerance is a mechanism by which the immune system prevents an overactive response to self-antigens, which are molecules produced by the body itself.
Scientists have uncovered how a key type of immune cell adapts its behavior depending on the type of infection, paving the way for better vaccines and advancing research into immune-related diseases.
Without antibiotics, getting an infection would generally be a much scarier threat. But there is such a thing as taking too many. We asked Arik Alper, MD, a pediatric gastroenterologist at Yale Medicine, if antibiotics weaken your immune system — and how ...
Lymphatic drainage is a simple but precise process that can have positive effects on the immune system. It usually requires specialized knowledge and training, but the treatment itself only involves a very gentle form of massage. While some share self ...
Chances are you know someone who has a tattoo if you yourself don't already have one. The skin is our largest organ and doctors who conducted this study said when someone gets a tattoo, the skin reacts as if it's being attacked. That perceived invasion of ...
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