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YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM
AND THE STORY OF
ANTIBIOTICS
by
Dr. Fahad Basheer
Y
our Immune system is a miraculous biological system that is
highly efficient in combating any
foreign microorganisms that
invade your body. It has very exciting
and brilliant complex mechanisms and
weapons to combat bacteria, viruses
and fungi. Besides that, your immune
system is incredibly powerful in fighting the cancerous tissues that arises
from our body. Yes, the immune sys17
tem has a well-defined wisdom within
it to specifically differentiate our own
cells from the foreign and diseased
tissues by recognizing them based
on receptors on the cell surface. The
Immune system is comprised various
types of cells assigned to do different
functions working together to bring
a great revolution inside the human
body to make it powerful and healthier
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