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Blog #40: Immunology’s role in infectious disease and COVID-19, Part 6: Anti-virals (Lay Version)

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Blog #41: Immunology’s role in infectious disease and COVID-19, Part 7: Vaccines (Lay Version)

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Blog #41: Immunology’s role in infectious disease and COVID-19, Part 7: Vaccines (Lay Version)

(Selected Tables and Figures referenced, but not present in this blog can be found in their corresponding Science Version blogs) By...

Blog #42: Immunology’s role in infectious disease and COVID-19, Part 8: Vaccination (Lay Version)

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Blog #42: Immunology’s role in infectious disease and COVID-19, Part 8: Vaccination (Lay Version)

(Selected Tables and Figures referenced, but not present in this blog can be found in their corresponding Science Version blogs)...

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Blog #43: Immunology’s role in Immunoinformatics controlling the beast (Lay Version)

(Selected Tables and Figures referenced, but not present in this blog can be found in their corresponding Science Version blogs) The...

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Blog #44: Immunology’s role in public health considerations and recommendations (Saving ourselves)

(Selected Tables and Figures referenced, but not present in this blog can be found in their corresponding Science Version blogs) If you...

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Blog #45: Epilogue ("It Takes a Village!") (Lay Version)

(Selected Tables and Figures referenced, but not present in this blog can be found in their corresponding Science Version blogs) So, just...

Blog #2: Chronic Inflammation-the basis of "all" diseases?

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Blog #2: Chronic Inflammation-the basis of "all" diseases?

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

Blog #3: Stress-the cause of "all" immune responses

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Blog #3: Stress-the cause of "all" immune responses

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...

Blog #4: Bias of the female v. male immune system

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Blog #4: Bias of the female v. male immune system

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

Blog #5: The innate (aka "natural") immune system & immunity

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Our friendly immune system

Blog #5: The innate (aka "natural") immune system & immunity

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

Blog #6: Evolutionary development of the immune system (Part 1)

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Our friendly immune system

Blog #6: Evolutionary development of the immune system (Part 1)

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

Blog #7: Evolutionary development of the immune system (Part 2)

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Blog #7: Evolutionary development of the immune system (Part 2)

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

Blog #8: Embryology and pregnancy related to the immune system

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Our friendly immune system

Blog #8: Embryology and pregnancy related to the immune system

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

Blog #9: The adaptive (aka “acquired”) immune system: from friend to foe

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Blog #9: The adaptive (aka “acquired”) immune system: from friend to foe

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

Blog #10: Immunogenetics and Immunogenomics

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It's all about the genes

Blog #10: Immunogenetics and Immunogenomics

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

Blog #11: The Human Genome Project (HGP), Precision medicine, and "AIl of Us"

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It's all about the genes

Blog #11: The Human Genome Project (HGP), Precision medicine, and "AIl of Us"

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

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Blog #12: XCI (lyonization)

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

Blog #13:The Microbiome: "Gut-axis-du jour"

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Blog #13:The Microbiome: "Gut-axis-du jour"

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

Blog #14:Chronic inflammation- “Enemy #1” (Part 1: Etiologies and pathogenesis)

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The enemy within us

Blog #14:Chronic inflammation- “Enemy #1” (Part 1: Etiologies and pathogenesis)

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...

Blog #15:Chronic inflammation (CI)- “Enemy #1” (Part 2: Pharmacology and pharmacodynamics

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Blog #15:Chronic inflammation (CI)- “Enemy #1” (Part 2: Pharmacology and pharmacodynamics

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

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Blog #1: Introduction

Blog #1: Introduction (Lay Version)

Blog #2: Chronic Inflammation (CI): It's what it's all about (Lay Version)

Blog #3: Stress: The kind we have in us and the kind outside of us (Lay Version)

Blog #4: "Women are from Venus and men are from Mars" (Lay Version)

Blog #5: The innate immune system (The start of an amazing journey) (Lay Version)

Blog #6: The immune system millions of years ago (Part 1) (Lay Version)

Blog #7: The immune system millions of years ago (Part 2) (Lay Version)

Blog #8: "It's an immune system!" Embryology and pregnancy (Lay Version)

Blog #9: The adaptive immune system: (When a friend turns on us) (Lay Version)

Blog #10: Immunogenetics and Immunogenomics (What makes us who we are?) (Lay Version)

Blog #11: The Human Genome Project (HGP), Precision medicine, and "AIl of Us" (Lay Version)

Blog #12: XCI (lyonization) (Lay Version)

Blog #13:The Microbiome: "Gut-axis-du jour" (Lay Version)

Blog #14:Chronic inflammation (CI)- “Enemy #1” (Part 1: Etiologies and pathogenesis) (Lay Version)

Blog #15:Chronic inflammation “Enemy #1” (Part 2: Pharmacology and pharmacodynamics) (Lay Version)

Blog #16:Chronic inflammation (CI)- “Enemy #1” (Part 3: A multisystem pathology) (Lay Version)

Blog #17: Neuroimmunology (Lay Version)

Blog #18:Autoimmune disease (Part 1) – Causes (Lay Version)

Blog #19: Autoimmune disease (Part 2)- Female bias) (Lay Version)

Blog #20: Autoimmune disease (Part 3)- Clinical considerations) (Lay Version)

Blog #21: Immunotherapeutics (Monoclonal antibodies, biosimilars and biologics) (Lay Version)

Blog #22: Immunotherapeutic procedures (PART 1: Stem cell transplantation therapy) (Lay Version)

Blog #23: Immunotherapeutic procedures (Part 2: Homograph transplantation) (Lay Version)

Blog #24: Immunotherapeutic procedures (Part 3: Genetic engineering/modifications) (Lay Version)

Blog #25: Immunotherapeutic procedures (Part 4: CAR-T & CAAR-T cell therapy) (Lay Version)

Blog #26: Immunotherapeutic procedures (Part 5: CRISPR-Cas9 therapy) (Lay Version)

Blog #27: Cancer, Part 1: Immunology’s cruelest enemy and greatest challenge (Lay Version)

Blog #28: Cancer, Part 2: What is it, really? (Lay Version)

Blog #29: Cancer, Part 3: Microbiome, XCI and microRNA: We are beginning to find out (Lay Version)

Blog #30: Cancer, Part 4: Getting a handle on it early (Lay Version)

Blog #31: Cancer treatment, Part 1: Attacking from the outside and from the inside (Lay Version)

Blog #32: Cancer treatment, Part 2: Using our immune system to fight the fight (Lay Version)

Blog #33: Cancer treatment, Part 3: When our own immune system clones its way to care (Lay Version)

Blog #34: Cancer treatment, Part 4: Combining our discoveries, our greatest discovery (Lay Version)

Blog #35: Infectious disease and COVID-19, Part 1: Our immune system under attack (Lay Version)

Blog #36: Infectious disease and COVID-19,Part 2: Using our own genetics to fight back (Lay Version)

Blog #37: Immunology’s role in infectious disease and COVID-19, Part 3: Clinical (Lay Version)

Blog #38: Immunology’s role in infectious disease and COVID-19, Part 4: Therapy (Lay Version)

Blog #39: Immunology’s role in infectious disease and COVID-19, Part 5: Therapy cont. (Lay Version)

Blog #40: Immunology’s role in infectious disease and COVID-19, Part 6: Anti-virals (Lay Version)

Blog #41: Immunology’s role in infectious disease and COVID-19, Part 7: Vaccines (Lay Version)

Blog #42: Immunology’s role in infectious disease and COVID-19, Part 8: Vaccination (Lay Version)

Blog #43: Immunology’s role in Immunoinformatics controlling the beast (Lay Version)

Blog #44: Immunology’s role in public health considerations and recommendations (Saving ourselves)

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