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ALLERGIC RESPONSE [1 record]

Record 1 2016-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
  • Biochemistry
  • Effects of Pollution
  • Biotechnology
DEF

A local or general reaction characterized by altered reactivity of the animal body to an antigenic substance.

CONT

Some people are hypersensitive - that is - they have an acute allergic reaction to a certain contaminant.

CONT

... evolution medicine ... could ... show how contemporary ways of life favor the rise of allergic reactions.

CONT

In the same way that smoke detectors sound occasional false alarms, because they are so sensitively attuned to the presence of smoke, allergic reactions may be the price one must pay for the body's high sensitivity to toxins.

CONT

Allergic reactions are cued by the overzealous response of the body's primordial defense against invasion, the inflammatory reaction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
  • Biochimie
  • Effets de la pollution
  • Biotechnologie
CONT

Très rares, les réactions allergiques sont vraisemblablement attribuables à une sensibilité extrême à certaines des composantes du vaccin, fort probablement aux infimes quantités de résidus de protéines d'œuf.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inmunología
  • Bioquímica
  • Efectos de la polución
  • Biotecnología
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