The specific cause is unknown, but current theories center primarily on immunological causes.

So the theory is that he's having some immunological reaction to what's going on to the food, essentially.

Fitting with an immunological explanation, the inflammatory process is caused by T cells, a kind of lymphocyte that plays an important role in the body's defenses.

Immune tolerance or immunological tolerance describes a state of unresponsiveness of the immune system to substances or tissue that have the capacity to elicit an immune response.

See also Immune system Immunology Immunological synapse Trogocytosis External links ImmPort Gene summaries, ontologies, pathways, protein protein interactions and more for genes involved in antigen processing and presentation

So the theory is that he's having some immunological reaction to what's going on to the food essentially, and that's a natural reaction, which causes some programmed cell death.

48. A meeting to identify approaches to evaluating pharmaceutical and immunological means of preventing perinatal transmission of HIV was held in October 1992, and protocols for clinical trials to address those issues are being prepared for review by the Steering Committee.

References Further reading Wagner U, Kohler S, Reinartz S, Giffels P, Huober J, Renke K, Schlebusch H, Biersack HJ, Mobus V, Kreienberg R, Bauknecht T, Krebs D, Wallwiener D. Immunological consolidation of ovarian carcinoma recurrences with monoclonal anti idiotype antibody ACA125 immune responses and survival in palliative treatment.

And it's not just our own existence, but how does the woman's body understand to have genetic structure that not only builds her own, but then has the understanding that allows her to become a walking immunological, cardiovascular system that basically is a mobile system that can actually nurture, treat this child with a kind of marvel that is beyond, again, our comprehension the magic that is existence, that is us?