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CYTOKINES: DEADLY STORMS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
biology, immunology, cell biology Kelly McGill biology, immunology, cell biology Kelly McGill

CYTOKINES: DEADLY STORMS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM

The word “storm” might make you think of thunder and lightening, or maybe floods, tornadoes and hurricanes. These storms can cause a lot of damage and led to 2,143 injuries and 522 deaths in 2015. However, there is another kind of storm, a much deadlier storm, that in past, killed more people than WWII. This deadly storm is called a cytokine storm.

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