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Results 1 - 3 of 3 for Infection
  1. What are mRNA vaccines and how do they work?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    Vaccines help prevent infection by preparing the body to fight foreign invaders (such as bacteria, viruses, or other pathogens). All vaccines introduce into ... called antibodies. Antibodies help protect the body against infection by recognizing individual viruses or other pathogens, attaching ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/understanding/therapy/mrnavaccines - Genetics
  2. Is longevity determined by genetics?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... increasing the chances of surviving childhood, and avoiding infection and communicable disease. Now people in the United States live about ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/understanding/traits/longevity - Genetics
  3. What are genome editing and CRISPR-Cas9?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... disease, mental illness, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Ethical concerns arise when genome editing, using technologies ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../genomicresearch/genomeediting - Genetics