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You Don’t Get Sick Just Because You’re Exposed to Germs

There’s a common misconception that if you get the flu it’s because you were exposed to a flu virus, whereas if your officemate stays healthy it’s because he was not. But the truth is germs are literally everywhere, and while taking commonsense measures to avoid them, like washing your hands regularly, is smart, it’s naïve to think you can avoid them entirely.

But this isn’t really a big deal if you’re healthy, because your body is built to deal with these pathogen exposures and will keep you from getting sick as long as your immune system is strong.

In fact, new research in PLoS Genetics revealed that when 17 healthy people were exposed to a flu virus, only half of them got sick.1 All of them had an active immune response, but the responses yielded different outcomes, with some avoiding illness and others manifesting symptoms like sniffles, sneezing and fever. The researchers therefore concluded that your immune system’s response to the flu virus is an important factor in whether or not you get sick, likely an even more important one than virus exposure.

They state:

“Exposure to influenza viruses is necessary, but not sufficient, for healthy human hosts to develop symptomatic illness. The host response is an important determinant of disease progression.”

Knowing this, what can you do to ramp up your immune system and get it into top working condition just in time for winter? Plenty!

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You Can Defeat Ebola Virus

The immune system will use the most effective mechanisms depending on the characteristics of the infectious agents. Different actions take place during viral infections, both towards free viral particles as well as towards infected cells.  

This is so because, Viruses need the cell machinery in order to produce their own proteins. They are intracellular parasites that can only replicate inside cells. Viruses usually are made of very simple structures, consisting of proteins and nucleic acid, even though their structure and composition is quite variable.They fall into two distinct groups, depending on their nucleic acid: DNA and RNA viruses. They are grouped in different families by their morphology and structure.   

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What Is Serum

In blood, the serum (/ˈsɪərəm/ or /ˈsɪrəm/) is the component that is neither a blood cell (serum does not contain white or red blood cells) nor a clotting factor; it is the blood plasma not including the fibrinogens. Serum includes all proteins not used in blood clotting (coagulation) and all the electrolytes, antibodies, antigens, hormones, and any exogenous substances (e.g., drugs and microorganisms).
A study of serum is serology, and may also include proteomics. Serum is used in numerous diagnostic tests, as well as blood typing.
Blood is centrifuged to remove cellular components. Anti-coagulated blood yields plasma containing fibrinogen and clotting factors. Coagulated blood (clotted blood) yields serum without fibrinogen, although some clotting factors remain.
Serum is an essential factor for the self-renewal of embryonic stem cells in combination with the cytokine leukemia inhibitory factor.

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