Immune responses

Sperm are immunogenic - that is they will cause an autoimmune reaction if transplanted from the testis into a different part of the ... mechanism which is likely to protect sperm is the suppression of immune responses in the testis..http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immune_privilege

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... virus' ability to rapidly respond to selective pressures imposed by the immune system, the population of virus in an infected individual typically ... with a high degree of genetic divergence. Therefore, the immune responses raised by any vaccine need to be broad enough to account for this ...

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... move to lungs, muscles, brain, liver. Even those that stay put cause immune responses and weaken us. The poisons used to kill them aren't too great for us either, and ...

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... mechanisms, but with significantly high risks to organs when natural immune responses are suppressed to allow these modifications. Gene similarity across even distant ...

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... a portion of the host cell, but does this mean it is now ignored by the immune system as a foreign body because they appear as self-antigens? Or ... process of reproduction? Thanks guys. Looking forward to reading your responses as well as browsing other topics in this field. Cheers.

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