Competing For The Big Prize: Excerpt From ' Hood '

How does the immune system work? How does it distinguish between friend and foe—the foreign structures worthy of attack, and the healthy tissues to leave alone? What makes the immune system go haywire and start attacking healthy nerve tissue, causing autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis? How does the immune system retain a“memory” to recognize and attack invaders years after an initial exposure?
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