Baby immune system 2 months

Biological system protecting an organism against disease

The immune system is a network of biological systems that protects an organism from diseases.

It detects and responds to a wide variety of pathogens, from viruses to bacteria, as well as cancer cells, parasitic worms, and also objects such as wood splinters, distinguishing them from the organism's own healthy tissue. Many species have two major subsystems of the immune system.

The innate immune system provides a preconfigured response to broad groups of situations and stimuli. The adaptive immune system provides a tailored response to each stimulus by learning to recognize molecules it has previously encountered.

Both use molecules and cells to perform their functions.

Babies immune system at 6 months

Nearly all organisms have some kind of immune system. Bacteria have a rudimentary immune system in the form of enzymes that protect against viral infections. Other basic immune mechanisms evolved in ancient plants and animals and remain in their modern descendants.

These mechanisms include phagocytosis, antimicrobial peptides called def

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