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Excessive immune response

In the so-called cytokine storm, larger and larger amounts of cytokines are released uncontrollably. They then also "mark" healthy cells and cause the immune cells to attack the body's own tissue. Authors: 3Sat/Nano/docuVista Filmproduktion/Marilena Schulte, Maike Wurtscheid/Jörg Becker, Sergios Ro

ScienceCasts: Your Immune System... In Space

NASA studies are looking at the effects of space travel on the human body's immune system. Visit http://science.nasa.gov/ for more. Functional Immune Story: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/functional_immune Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/NASA