Allergies and how they happen
The Naked Scientists Podcast
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The Role of Mast Cells in Allergy
It seems strange that the body should do something so destructive in this way. Why do we have cells capable of unleashing this kind of male straw monaut issues at all? What's their intended role and why do they do this? Well, if you look back in history, particularly, and perhaps not always relevant to how we live now in a lot of countries, is we have an ability to distinguish between lots and lots of different infections.
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