RyanJ C1’s Reviews > Immune: a Journey into the Mysterious System that Keeps You Alive > Status Update

Alas, every story comes to an end, from parasites to MERS; from proteins to Macrophages; from your bloodstream to the lymphatic system, we've seen it all. This had been the amazing story of your body's strongest, most intense, and unique defenses against the pathogens of the world; from the daily common cold to the black death that ravaged Europe. This is a story of courage and tactics from your bravest warriors.

Hiv, Influenza A, Covid-19, these are all types of diseases that ring fear into our minds of us. Though just knowing them as diseases, one should know the effects of such diseases on our body. However, improving your immune system does not make it better which can clearly be seen with the drug TGN1412. In a way imperfection is a perfection within itself.

We are introduce to the the adaptive immune system's 3 main cell. The dendritic cell, or the intelligence officer, the t cell, or the workhorse of the adaptive immune system, and the B cell, or the superweapon manufacturer. in this chapter, we see how much of a hassle it is to manage internal security, so these cells do not misfire or damage internal organs, cells, and proteins.

We are finished with the innate immune system and begin looking at the other parts that make up your amazing defense against all kinds of pathogens such as bacterias, viruses, and parasites. We look at the adaptive immune system. This is usually triggered during the event where an infection cannot be contained by the innate immune system.

We see the immune system at the start of the book as it introduces us to a variety of friends and foes such as the Macrophage and Neutrophil. It is exciting as we see as your immune system battles with pathogen with a never seen ferocity using proteins and enzymes as weapon, sometimes even using their own DNA to take down as much enemies as possible.