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This is somewhat true. Being exposed to germs is not necessarily a bad thing, it helps to build up some adaptive immunity to pathogens. Our lack of exposure to infectious agents is thought to be the cause

Minute physics is great! He is so easy to understand and explains complex stuff so quickly.

You have to watch out though. Kissing can expose you to lots of potential dangers, one of which being Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). This can cause infectious mononucleosis or glandular fever. On the other

Thank you very much. It is nice to have the time to write some more posts.

I hope it was informative and interesting.

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Thank you! I have been away at uni so haven't had enough time to collect the information for a new post. I hope that you enjoyed it.

This is another hypothesis of how autoimmune diseases arise known as the cryptic infection hypothesis. As far as I am aware the current evidence is now swaying in favour of the hygiene hypothesis as opposed

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It kept freezing before I took it out the freezer. I found that around an hour was long enough for the experiment to work.

Thank you very much. It took me ages to actually get the experiment to work though!

They used a specialised solution to protect the liver sinusoids and epithelial cells from the potential damage of freezing and ice crystals. Polyethylene glycol (PEG) was used to protect the epithelial

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Both of the methods used take quite a while. I know the constant perfusion method can take up to 4 hours. In an emergency quicker diagnostic test are used to identify the problem, like using specific blood

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What if this measurement is necessary for a diagnosis?