immune system

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A hate letter to my immune system

Peak Web March 27, 2024

By: Kelly Chia, Editor-in-Sick Dear body, We’ve had our differences these past two months, huh? Since you’ve wrecked my stomach day after day for no apparent reason, I gave up garlic and onions. Apparently they can irritate your sensitive system. I did that FOR YOU. And you know what? It didn’t make a difference! #AlliumsareAlright. So thanks for three weeks of avoiding some of my favourite foods in the world to figure out what works for you. Give a girl some consistency! Well. There’s one thing you can be less consistent about. That’s actually what I’m writing to you about…

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SFU researchers join the fight against treatment-resistant bacteria

Peak Web May 11, 2023

By: Eden Chipperfield, News Writer Assistant professor Dr. Amy Lee from SFU's department of molecular biology and biochemistry is leading a research project to study how superbugs evolve, and their potential effective treatments. Superbugs can be “strains of bacteria that…

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