Resonance

, Volume 2, Issue 1, pp 25–33 | Cite as

The immune system and bodily defence

1. Why do we need an immune system?
  • Vineeta Bal
  • Satyajit Rath
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Abstract

How does the human body defend itself, and why does it choose the paths it does choose?

Keywords

Immune System Target Recognition Immune System Cell Pathogenic Parasite Bodily Defence 
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  1. G Bck and G S Habicht, Immunity and the invertebrates inScientific American. Vol. 275(5). p60. 1996.Google Scholar
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© Indian Academy of Sciences 1997

Authors and Affiliations

  • Vineeta Bal
    • 1
  • Satyajit Rath
    • 1
  1. 1.National Institute of ImmunologyNew DelhiIndia

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