A system of biological structures and processes within an organism that protects against disease.
Questions tagged [immune-system]
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Are sharks immune to almost all known diseases?
According to Did You Know.org:
Sharks are the only animals that almost never get sick: they are immune to almost every known disease.
Is this true or is it a myth?
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Were millions of people infected by SARS?
There's an article circulating on Czech social media that makes the following interesting claim, among others (translation mine):
Data that we currently have available say that in areas where SARS or MERS was active, there are now tens of percent…
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Can having parasitic worms prevent allergies or arthritis?
The SciShow on YouTube talks about the potential immune system benefits of parasitic worms, as part of the Hygiene Hypothesis:
Some doctors have actually found a connection between having parasitic worms and not having immune system problems like…
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Does oral polio vaccine provide lifelong immunity?
From the Wikipedia page for poliomyelitis eradication:
A study carried out in an isolated Eskimo village showed that antibodies produced from subclinical wild virus infection persisted for at least 40 years. Because the immune response to oral…
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Can washing hands too often weaken the immune system?
A coworker told me today that washing your hands too often, especially as a child, can result in a weakened immune system, because you aren't giving your body the chance to build up immunities. He used this as partial justification for not washing…
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