MetaFilter posts tagged with immuneSystem

Om nom nom nom

orthogonality — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 05:08:55 -0800

A Hunter-killer stalks its prey in your bloodstream.

'One in six billion miracle'

the duck by the oboe — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:57:10 -0800

Demi-Lee Brennan received a liver transplant at the age of nine. Her doctors were rather surprised when her body subsequently took on the immune system of the organ donor and her blood type changed from O-negative to O-positive.

Those mud pies were actually good for you.

amyms — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:11:41 -0800

Have You Eaten Your Dirt Today, Honey? A New Approach To The Hygiene Hypothesis. The hypothesis argues: The reason why there is so much asthma, eczema, allergies and maybe even childhood diabetes in the modern world is because we — well infants really — live in too clean a universe. What our baby immune systems need is a kickstart by exposure to viruses, bacteria, worms, pollutants and so on. If you don’t get an infant hit from these icons of uncleanliness, the immune system goes haywire and your body over-reacts to all sorts of invasive things that normally could be ignored. Via. More information on the Hygiene Hypothesis: Are We Too Clean For Our Own Good? (2004) Hygiene Hypothesis from PBS' Evolution series (2001) Modern Hygiene's Dirty Tricks (1999) Hygiene Hypothesis on Wikipedia

Look at them Choppers!

fenriq — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 10:12:04 -0800

Crocodile Immune System Kills HIV
Because crocodiles fight amonst themselves and get seriously wounded from time to time they developed incredibly strong immune systems and natural antibiotics. So strong that they, well, let's hear from one of the scientists.... "The crocodile has an immune system which attaches to bacteria and tears it apart and it explodes. It's like putting a gun to the head of the bacteria and pulling the trigger," said Australian scientist Adam Britton.
Sounds like good news to me.