immune
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One major reason is that the stem cells responsible for producing blood and immune cells can accumulate genetic mutations over time, increasing the risk of cancer and other health problems.
From Science Daily
Chronic exposure to even low levels of the chemicals has been linked to liver damage, high cholesterol, reduced immune responses, low birthweights and several kinds of cancer.
From Barron's
When a lone professor voiced a dissenting view, the school reacted in the manner of an immune system greeting a foreign pathogen.
As people get older, the immune system often becomes less effective.
From Science Daily
As one of a dozen people worldwide immune to a phenomenon called the Joining, which unified billions of people into a blissed-out hive mind, Carol’s well-being becomes everyone else’s mission.
From Salon
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