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Marie Curie was a famous French-Polish scientist known for her pioneering research on radioactivity

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Marie Curie was a famous French-Polish scientist known for her pioneering

research on radioactivity. Her work not only brought her fame but her death as well; she developed aplastic anemia due to radiation exposure. She experienced recurrent and prolonged infections (viral, bacterial, parasitic, and fungal). Explain why she suffered from recurrent infections. Be sure to mention the different types of WBC and the relation to the various infections, and the reasons why she lacked the cell-mediated and the humeral response.

In what ways does Robert Young’s notion of Postcolonialism address these criticisms in a similar and different manner to that of Hall?