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What Happens When Your Immune System Turns on You? - BrainStuff

What Happens When Your Immune System Turns on You? - BrainStuff

Update: 2025-12-09
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Your adaptive immune system remembers specific germs and fights them really effectively -- but it can sometimes make mistakes and attack your own healthy cells. Learn how the adaptive immune system works (and how it can go wrong) in this episode of BrainStuff.

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What Happens When Your Immune System Turns on You? - BrainStuff

What Happens When Your Immune System Turns on You? - BrainStuff