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Immunity to Bacteria, Viruses, and Parasites
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- This parasite rips apart human cells and wears them as disguises. This parasite cloaks itself in fragments of the human cells it destroys.
- Immune system that bacteria use to respond to viral infections. How even bacteria can detect viral proteins and initiate a response. So expand your thinking. Humans aren’t the only ones with an immune response.
- The Immunity-Infection Arms Race. I explore the interdisciplinary nexus between the Islamic philosophy of science and immunology, explicitly focusing on the immunity-infection arms race.