Immune System Articles

• Lung Disease
  Infectious Diseases
  Pneumonia
  Diseases and Conditions
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   
  

  Pneumonia

  Pneumonia is an illness of the lungs and respiratory system in which the alveoli (microscopic air-filled sacs of the lung responsible for absorbing oxygen from the atmosphere) become inflamed and ... > more
• HIV and AIDS
  Infectious Diseases
  STD
  Pharmacology
  Diseases and Conditions
  Sexual Health
   

  Antiretroviral drug

  Antiretroviral drugs are medications for the treatment of infection by retroviruses, primarily HIV. Different classes of antiretroviral drugs act at different stages of the HIV life cycle. ... > more
• Human Biology
  Healthy Aging
  Sports Medicine
  Women's Health
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Lymphoma
   
  

  Human anatomy

  Human anatomy or anthropotomy is a special field within anatomy. It studies structures and systems of the human body, leaving the study of tissues to histology and cells to cytology. The human body, ... > more
• Liver Disease
  Chronic Illness
  Today's Healthcare
  Diseases and Conditions
  Hair Loss
  Healthy Aging
   

  Liver transplantation

  Liver transplantation is the replacement of a diseased liver with a healthy liver allograft. The most commonly used technique is orthotopic transplantation, in which the native liver is removed and ... > more
• Allergy
  Healthy Aging
  Sports Medicine
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Diseases and Conditions
  Asthma
   
  

  Allergy

  Allergy is a disorder of the immune system that is often called atopy. Allergic reactions occur to environmental substances known as allergens; these reactions are acquired, predictable and rapid. ... > more
• Infectious Diseases
  Diseases and Conditions
  Healthy Aging
  STD
  HIV and AIDS
  Lung Disease
   

  Infectious disease

  In medicine, infectious disease or communicable disease is disease caused by a biological agent such as by a virus, bacterium or parasite. This is contrasted to physical causes, such as burns or ... > more
• Vaccines
  Influenza
  Bird Flu
  Cold and Flu
  Viruses
  Infectious Diseases
   
  

  Flu vaccine

  The flu vaccine is a vaccine to protect against the highly variable influenza virus. The annually updated trivalent flu vaccine for the 2005-2006 season consists of hemagglutinin (HA) surface ... > more
• Genetics
  Stem Cells
  Cloning
  Developmental Biology
  Biology
  Molecular Biology
   

  Somatic cell

  A somatic cell is generally taken to mean any cell forming the body of an organism. Somatic cells, by definition, are not germline cells. In mammals, germline cells are the sperm and ova (also known ... > more
• Diseases and Conditions
  Today's Healthcare
  Personalized Medicine
  Medical Imaging
  Alternative Medicine
  Eye Care
   

  List of medical topics

  This is a list of medical ... > more
• Vaccines
  Cervical Cancer
  Men's Health
  Cancer
  Women's Health
  Sexual Health
   

  HPV vaccine

  Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine research focuses on the prevention of diseases, such as cervical cancer and genital warts, caused by sexually transmitted human papillomaviruses. Of the more than ... > more

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