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104 THE MIRACLE OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
Moreover, this amazing army does not engage in
fighting alone. It manufactures all the weapons it will use
during the war; it makes all war plans and strategies it-
self, and cleans up the battleground after the war. If all
these processes were left in the control of man, and not
cells, would we ever be able to handle such a feat of or-
ganization?
What If The War In The Body Were
Left In The Control Of Humans Beings
People do not immediately realise that microbes or
viruses are invading their bodies. Only when the symp-
toms of their illness surface do humans become aware
Millions of lymphocytes circulating within our bloodstream
are charged with the responsibility of destroying harmful
organisms contained in the human body. In these pictures,
you can see a killer T cell (orange) attacking a cancer cell. The
T cell destroys the protective membrane of the cancer cell with
the help of its caustic enzymes and destroys the cell. At the
end of the attack the only thing that remains is the large,
round, almost naked nucleus of the cancer cell. (large picture)
