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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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Immune system The body's main defence system against infections or foreign substances.
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Albert Graham,
Backyard Pool Drainer
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Scientists are still uncertain about exactly what causes diabetes but think that the body's immune system plays a role in Type 1 diabetes.
Lack of sleep impairs your immune system as well as your body's ability to process blood sugar which may help lead to weight gain.
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Adam Findley,
Professional Motivator
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Your immune system is stimulated, antibody production increases, and endorphins - the body's natural painkillers - are released, melting away aches and pains.
An inherited form is autoimmune thyroiditis where the body's own immune system attacks and destroys the thyroid gland or reduces it's function.
AIDS is an acquired condition that causes a deficiency in the body's protective immune system and leads to a combination of illnesses (a syndrome.
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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Antibodies are immune system proteins that recognize a particular substance.
The immune system consists of an integrated network of cells and the chemicals they produce which constantly patrols the body looking for diseases such as infection.
It causes the body's immune system to produce antibodies which block interaction of the egg and sperm and therefore block conception.
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David Rosenberg,
Dermatologist
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The immune system is a complex organization of cells and antibodies designed normally to destroy pathogens, particularly viruses and bacteria that cause infections.
Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease in which the immune system mistakes the body's connective tissue for a foreign invader and attacks it.
It is a destructive and debilitating systemic condition in which the body's immune system attacks healthy joint tissue, causing inflammation and subsequent joint damage.
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