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A gland W is located just below the stomach in the human body. The gland W secretes a hormone X. The deficiency of hormone X in the body causes a disease Y in which the blood sugar level of a person rises too much. The person having high blood sugar is called Z.
(a) Name (i) gland W, and (ii) hormone X.
(b) What is the function of hormone X?
(c) Name (i) disease Y, and (ii) person Z.
(d) What advice would you like to give to a person who is suffering from disease Y due to faulty life-style?

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Memory-based acquired immunity evolved in higher vertebrates based

on the ability to differentiate foreign organisms (e.g., pathogens) from self-

cells. While we still do not understand the basis of this, two corollaries of

this ability have to be understood. One, higher vertebrates can distinguish

foreign molecules as well as foreign organisms. Most of the experimental

immunology deals with this aspect. Two, sometimes, due to genetic and

other unknown reasons, the body attacks self-cells. This results in damage

to the body and is called auto-immune disease. Rheumatoid arthritis

which affects many people