The immune system is the body's defense system.
It is the business of the immune system to recognize "self" (the body's own cells) and "non-self" (an
Among the primary components of the system are a variety of white blood cells, constituting an intelligence and communication network that helps organize...
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Source: Breastcancer.org
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Source: National Cancer Institute
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