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Dpt vaccination

Dpt vaccination

(Science: immunology) a vaccination administered to infants for protection against diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus. Vaccinations are typically administered at 2, 4, 6 and 15 months. A final vaccination is now recommended at 4-6 years of age.


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bystander cell - bystander effect (fibroblasts)

... through cytokine secretion. Is this correct? Does somebody have a more accurate deffinition? Can fibroblasts be called bystander cells in terms of vaccination? I also found the term: Bystander effect. Does this mean the effect of the process on the uninvolved bystander cells, or the effect bystander ...

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by pirol
Fri Jun 19, 2009 2:43 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: bystander cell - bystander effect (fibroblasts)
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The Immune System - Recognition in innate immunity. How?

... is largely determined by the type of the recognized molecule, as well as time; unless there is immunological memory (i.e. a re-infection or after vaccination), it takes several days from the adaptive immune response to kick in, whereas the innate one works immediately. If the infection persists, ...

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by biohazard
Tue May 12, 2009 7:43 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: The Immune System - Recognition in innate immunity. How?
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There is no HIV?? But there is AIDS??

Well, it seems every broadly accepted theories have people who doubt them, be it AIDS, evolution, vaccination safety or whatever. To a certain degree this is good, because the fact that a lot of people believe in something does not guarantee that something is so. After all, ...

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by biohazard
Thu Dec 04, 2008 3:30 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: There is no HIV?? But there is AIDS??
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Need a diagonsis

... the symptoms for bird flu don't include altered mental state. I also thought it might obviously be malaria, since it says she didn't take a vaccination for it. The symptoms match up the most with malaria but it says it was caused by a pathogen well-known in 2008. Malaria is a fairly "old" ...

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by triplestrandedDNA
Thu Oct 30, 2008 3:45 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Need a diagonsis
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Re: Stomach bloating and weight gain

... years later, that it is RICE that she's allergic to. (BTW, this is the same pediatrician who told me there was absolutely no link between the MMR vaccination and Autism. The verdict is still out,) but the point is, physicians are tainted by the money they make from their insurance providers. Some ...

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by Jennuan
Wed Oct 29, 2008 4:21 am
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Stomach bloating and weight gain
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