What is the role of interferon in defense against disease?

A) protects cells that have not yet been infected by viruses
B) activates the inflammatory process
C) activates the complement mechanism
D) protects cells that have not yet been infected by bacteria


A

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A. two diploid (2n) cells; one haploid (n) cell B. two haploid (n) cells; four haploid (n) cells C. two diploid (2n) cells; four haploid (n) cells D. two haploid (n) cells; one diploid (2n) cell E. two diploid (2n) cells; one diploid (2n) cell

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Declining immune response in the elderly may be a result of thymus gland shrinkage.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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When EPSPs originating from a single presynaptic input occur so close together in time that they add together or sum, thereby bringing the postsynaptic cell to threshold, it is called ____________________ summation

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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