When I was nineteen years old, I was diagnosed with autoimmune hepatitis. It was a complete shock to me, especially since I had never heard of the disease before. I had been having some strange symptoms, but I didn’t think they could signal hepatitis. There was no history of liver disease in our family, and […]
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Prednisone is a corticosteroid that is similar to the natural steroid cortisone that is made by the adrenal glands in the body. It is a synthetic hormone that is used when the body does not produce enough of its own steroids necessary for normal body function. It is used in reducing inflammation, preventing rejection of […]
Nearly one hundred years has past since the immune system of invertebrates was discovered. Since that time, however, the understanding of this immune system has remained quite elusive. Recently, a team of researchers from the European Science Foundation has realized that the invertebrate immune system is anything but simple, despite the critters’ small size and […]