Immune system

Main article: Human body

Intestines

Main article: Intestines

The gut is our main immune system, not the second, as they say, but the most important.

First, because it contains more immune cells than the rest of the organs that make up this system, such as the thymus or spleen.

Secondly, in the intestines there is the closest contact with what we eat and what we meet in the environment, including bacteria.

The role of the appendix

You can explain the presence of an appendix, as well as prove the importance of this organ. The appendix participates in the immune defense of the body, because in essence it is a conglomerate of lymphoid nodes, that is, it is part of the directly peripheral link of the immune system.

In addition, it is a reservoir for the reproduction of bacteria useful for our body (which are involved in the digestion of breast milk and digestion in general, help us to produce some vitamins).

1961

Soviet surgeon Leonid Rogozov operates on himself in Antarctica. He performed appendectomy surgery - removed his appendix. 1961

How Antibiotics Reduce Immunity

Human health is directly related to the immune system. Immunity is a combination of the body's reactions to various pathogens - genetically foreign objects. They can be bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, as well as body cells that have died or mutated, for example, into cancer cells. Decreased immunity, or immunodeficiency - a group of pathological conditions in which the immune system does not work properly. This leads to exacerbation of chronic infections or to the transition of acute infectious diseases into a chronic form, which forms secondary immune failure (VIN).

The reason for the decrease in immunity is the deterioration of the environment, irrational nutrition, stress, psychoemotional loads, as well as uncontrolled use of antibiotics, which affects the microflora of the body, which is part of the immune system. Because of the widespread spread, antibiotics become less effective and pathogens become more resistant to them.

Lymphoma - a malignant tumor from cells of the immune system

Lymphoma is a malignant tumor from cells of the immune system that affects the lymphatic system (lymph nodes, thymus gland, bone marrow). Lymphoma is not one disease, but a group of more than 30 different diseases.

Immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (HIAs)

Main article: Immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (HIAs)

2021: Announcement of a platform working as an MRI scan for the immune system

At the end of February 2021, startup Ozette founded in 2020, received $6 million in seed funding from Madrona Venture Group AI and the Allen Institute. Ozette created platform immune monitoring based on technology developed by Fred Hutchinson. It will allow you to extract the necessary information from the array of data on individual cells and thereby optimize treatment and improve disease outcomes. More. here