Generally, you think about the immune system protecting against different classes of pathogens and several classes of pathogens are shown on this table.

大体上,你们会认为免疫系统使,我们免受不同种类病原体的侵害,这个表格里介绍了几类病原体

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That's a big problem and so can you protect these cells that you give to the recipient from attack by the recipient's immune system?

并且至关重要,那么你们想办法保护这些植入受体的细胞,使它们免受免疫系统的排异反应么

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Our immune system's function is to keep us healthy in the face of an environment where there are lots of things that could potentially harm us.

我们免疫系统的功能就是保持自身健康,在面对危机四伏的环境时,使我们免受伤害

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Well, you could think about the cell wall of a bacterium as its skeleton, it's what protects it from mechanical forces that are out in the world.

你可能认为细菌的细胞壁,就像骨骼一样,使其免受,外界机械力的伤害

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There are even some military personnel now who get immunized against smallpox in the event that when they're going into areas, they might be exposed when they're in combat areas.

现在有些军人甚至已经接种天花疫苗,以使他们在战场上,免受天花病毒的威胁

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We're going to talk about those in more detail in a couple of weeks when we talk about the immune system because these are the cells that perform and regulate the functions of our immune system that protect us from disease.

在后几周的有关免疫的课程上,我们会详细说明的,因为我们免疫系统的功能,要依靠这些细胞去完成和调节,它们使我们免受疾病侵害

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