Biology There Are Several Possible Essay

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The blood with the IgG must be effectively removed from the body, or reduced to levels that will not allow the cells to be a danger to the infant. If caught early enough, plasma transfers for the mother can result in enough of a reduction of IgG levels to forestall the effects to the fetus.

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Autoimmune diseases occur when, for a variety of reasons, the body responds to its own cells as though they were dangerous foreign cells. In this way they are similar to an allergic response; an unrecognized but harmless entity is viciously attacked by the body in an attempt to destroy the perceived intruder.
This is annoying (and possibly deadly) when it comes to allergies, and far more so when the body essentially becomes allergic to itself.

Though the reasons behind the onset of Type I diabetes are still not fully understood, the disease occurs when the insulin producing cells in the pancreas are attacked and destroyed by the immune system, leading to a lack of insulin in the blood. Without insulin, the blood cannot process glucose (a simple sugar) into energy, causing a host of problems. Injections with insulin and monitoring of blood sugar mitigate the effects of the disease, but….....

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