Abstract:Postindustrial society is plagued with pandemics of noninfectious, immune related illnesses. These diseases, which include allergic, autoimmune, and neuroinflammatory diseases, are not found in preindustrial societies, and are apparently caused by a limited number of environmental factors.
These factors, essentially incompatible with human genetics, are each associated with a wide range of immune diseases. The most influential of these factors is a loss of diversity from the ecosystem of the human body, a cond… Show more
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