How to Use immune system in a Sentence

immune system

noun
  • All of this adds up to support the immune system in a big way.
    Maria Goldbach, Vogue, 27 June 2024
  • Your immune system, for most of us, takes a couple of days to clear the virus.
    Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Limiting the number of copies helps the immune system fight off the virus.
    Ken Alltucker, The Courier-Journal, 10 Jan. 2024
  • There are two main cell types in the adaptive immune system, T cells and B cells.
    Mira Cheng, CNN, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The reason has to do with how the immune system is trained against new viruses.
    Alice Park, Time, 11 Jan. 2023
  • The idea of boosting your immune system doesn’t make sense for lots of reasons.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 23 Oct. 2023
  • It’s known to strengthen the immune system and ward off disease.
    Nicole Kagan, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The idea is to get off of these drugs by kind of integrating the immune system of the donor in addition to the kidney.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The new drug is thought to stop the immune system from attacking the insulin-making cells in the pancreas.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Infections like the common cold or flu cause the immune system to ramp up.
    Kashif J. Piracha, Verywell Health, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Vital for the immune system, taste, smell and wound healing.
    Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
  • Turning them off leaves most of the immune system intact.
    Markham Heid, Time, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Caregiving can take a toll on the immune system and one’s overall health.
    Libby Richards, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2023
  • In a fair fight, the immune system would wipe out cancer every time – but this crafty disease doesn’t play fair.
    Michael Irving, New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Your immune system still recognizes the car, but not the hubcaps.
    Matthew Woodruff, The Conversation, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The parasite burrows into the skin of the swimmer and the immune system reacts, causing a rash.
    Divya Murthy, Detroit Free Press, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Plus, yogurt is a good source of zinc and selenium, both of give your immune system a boost.
    Women's Health, 15 Feb. 2023
  • The mucus is our immune system rising to the challenge, shoving virus out of our bodies with our snot.
    Bethany Brookshire, Scientific American, 9 Aug. 2024
  • In other words, since these people have never been exposed to it, their immune systems are ill-equipped to fight it.
    Rajiv Chowdhury, The Conversation, 30 June 2023
  • With his immune system shot, a tissue for sniffles is always at hand.
    Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The entire protocol is meant to boost their immune system response to the disease.
    Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Mar. 2023
  • The vitamin C is one of the best natural stimulants of the immune system.
    Jon Goodwin, Discover Magazine, 29 Dec. 2022
  • The synthetic melanin cream soaked up the free radicals and quieted the immune system.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 2 Nov. 2023
  • For some, stress affects your immune system in ways that could trigger more disease flares and worsen PsA pain.
    Chloe Castleberry, Flow Space, 26 Sep. 2024
  • During this recovery phase, the heart rate slows to normal, the immune system lets down its guard, and the digestive system starts up again.
    Shi En Kim, Scientific American, 28 Dec. 2023
  • In addition, chickpeas are an excellent source of iron for healthy blood and zinc for a strong immune system.
    Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 17 Aug. 2024
  • In humans and animals alike, though, there are concerns over the impacts the chemicals can have on the immune system.
    Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2023
  • And many of the drugs used to treat autoimmune conditions also weaken the immune system.
    Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 4 Nov. 2022
  • In particular, vitamin C, which is abundant in kimchi, plays a key role in strengthening the immune system.
    Maria Berentzen, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Sugar and inflammation undermine the microbiome’s role in training the immune system to distinguish between harmful invaders and harmless substances.
    Christopher Damman, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024

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