Tag: Immune

Our immune system is designed to protect the body from infection and injury. It does this by identifying and destroying foreign invaders, such as bacteria, viruses, and cancer cells. The immune system uses a variety of mechanisms to identify foreign invaders. One of these mechanisms is the use of...

Autoimmune disorders encompass a wide range of immunological diseases that affect 4%-10% of the population worldwide. They occur when immunological tolerance toward self-antigens is broken, resulting in immune responses against cells, tissues, or organs that lead to tissue dysfunction and/or destruc...

In his book about Chatham, John T. Cunningham wrote “I doubt that any other community of Chatham’s size in this country has ever taken such a detailed look at its history.” I decided to make his statement into a reality by historically examining the persistent lack of div...