The immune system comprises organs, tissues, cells and molecules, which protect the body against pathogens.
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The biological defense system can be separated into an innate and an adaptive part. The innate immune system developed early in the phylogeny of living things. The adaptive immune system adjusts to new or modified pathogens. Both parts collaborate closely. Moreover, the immune system can destroy abnormal or defective cells of the own body.
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Scanning electron micrograph: C. difficile cells were provided by Nicole Metzendorf from the Department of Microbial Physiology and Molecular Biology, Institute of Microbiology, and imaged by Rabea Schlüter, Imaging Center of the Department of Biology, University of Greifswald, Germany.
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