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Growing with Kids

Kids are like flowers on earth. They  flourish  the lives of their parents; fulfill their dreams to be called “Mom” or “Dad”. These emotions  create  a  relation  of love,  care  and  attachment  between them. It is sometimes seen that the caring goes over a  limit  and parents  forget  to  make  their children learn responsibilities and etiquettes. When these (good habits, responsibilities, etiquettes) are tried to be imbibed in children, then  often  it gets late. Nowadays these are the common complaints of parents that their  kid  never listens to them, is stubborn, and doesn’t  take  meals on time, has developed the habit of crying etc. Kids are exceptionally  sharp  learners and  keen  observers. They learn more from what they  feel  and  watch . So it’s necessary for parents first to  see  their own  behaviour  with k...

Immunity - An Overview

Immunity - a self-defense system of an organism against invading infectious and non-infectious foreign materials. This term comes from a Latin word ''IMMUNIS'' which means "EXEMPT''. The process of immunity in any living organism involves different types of cellular and humoral components. Any response mediated by its component has two main activities -first recognition of that agent and second response against it. The immune system has remarkable capacity to distinguish between itself and a foreign agent. Generally two types of immunity are found-Adaptive or specific and innate or non-specific immunity. The mechanism of non- specific innate immunity exists in the body and doesn't need any memory of earlier contacts, while adaptive one is highly specific for pathogen recognition and needs memory. Innate immune mechanisms help us to protect from those factors which we face in our daily lives as dust, air particles, fluctuation in cold weathers etc. Cellu...