免疫

本の語り口の参考にということで晶文社のIさんから『免疫学夜話』をお送りいただいた。コロナの頃読んだ感染症の本とは違い、体系的ではないけれど、こういう本も面白い。マラリアに抵抗する遺伝子が増えるとリウマチなどの免疫抗体が自分の内臓を食い荒らす疾患にかかる確率が増えるとか、小さい時に無菌に育つと大人になってから病にかかりやすいとか、生物の歴史で顎が生まれると、いろんなもの食べるようになるので免疫が随所に生まれやすいなど。こういう書き方もある。
Ms. I of Shobunsha sent me a copy of “Immunology Night Stories” to help me to understand the book’s way of writing. Unlike the infectious disease books I read during the coronavirus pandemic, this book is not systematic, but it is also interesting. In the history of living things, there is evidence that if the number of malaria-resistant genes increases, the chance of contracting diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, where immune antibodies devour one’s own internal organs, increases, and if children grow up with the too clean environment, they are more susceptible to diseases as adults. Once a living things get jaw born, they start eating a variety of foods, so it is easy for them to develop immunity. There is also a way to write it like this.