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The word “all” is dangerous territory in scientific discussions. I used it in the book and now, in these blogs. It will undoubtedly raise...

The concept of stress as the cause of “all” immune responses was a bit of an epiphany as I wrote The Paradox of the Immune System. I...

There had been a long-standing assumption that females generally vary more in their biological functions due to their complex hormonal...

It’s simple! Immunity is “the ability of an organism (“self”) to resist a particular infection or toxin (“non-self” or antigen) by the...

Strictly speaking, the evolutionary development of the immune system should be the first topic of discussion, but I postponed it to after...

Basically, the evolutionary process explains how our innate and adaptive immune system protects us against all foreign,...

The womb is a sterile environment and thus no antigens, so the fetal immune system does not need to function. Thus, it is safely...

We left off in our last blog (#5) with innate immunity converting into adaptive immunity as it advances in the disruption of homeostasis...

There’s not enough bandwidth in these blog discussions to address genetics in depth. But a quick review of basic genetics might be...

This blog discussion includes a dynamic combination of genetics, immunology, epidemiology, and public health, the foundational elements...

A process of immense importance in immunology and immunogenomics that encompasses genetics and embryology is the phenomenon of X...

It’s a challenge to find an appropriate place to introduce the microbiome in a discussion where you’re trying to develop an evolving...

We began our discussion of chronic inflammation (CI) way back in Blog #2. You may (or may not) want to relisten or reread that blog...

We started our last blog (#14) on chronic inflammation (CI) by mentioning its distinguishing characteristics (versus acute inflammation)...