Bacteria , viruses , and other invaders of the system are not properly marked and so they are attacked by the cells of the immune system . This marking of one 's own cells has a genetic component such that some people respond more forcibly to pathogens while others react well to the same pathogen . Another genetic component of the immune system can operate so that some individuals have or develop immune systems whose cells do not recognize them . They can 't tell...











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