Immunit ) l , Disease , and Cancer
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Ie immune system plays a central role in .protecting vertebrate organisms against disease. Indeed, immunology, the study of the immune sustem, has played a fundamental role in many striking advances of modern medicine. This discipline relates to a variety of disease states including infections, allergies, autoimmune conditions, organ transplantation, and cancer. Here I would like to discuss two aspects of immunity how the immune system functions, and the interrelationship between immunity and two general categories of disease, infections and cancer.
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