I came across an intersting infographic from NASA, need your help with it.
I came across an interesting infographic from NASA, need your help with it.
So the infographic deals with the way men and women experience the absence of gravity differently, pretty strait forward so far. But there two sentences which I can't really get my head around "Men mount less potent immune responses" and "women mount more potent immune responses".
I would be really thankful if someone would break it down for me, thanks in advance!

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I came across an intersting  infographic  from NASA, need your help with it.
I came across an interesting infographic from NASA, need your help with it.  
So the infographic deals with the way men and women experience the absence of gravity differently, pretty strait forward so far. But there two sentences which I can't really get my head around "Men mount less potent immune responses" and "women mount more potent immune responses". 
I would be really thankful if someone would break it down for me, thanks in advance!

Answer

"mount immune response" means how their immune system acts. Mount means similarly to "mount an attack". So "women mount more potent immune responses" means that women's bodies produce a stronger immune response -- more antibodies, more likely to get hives or fever, a weak feeling, etc.

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Sophia has a typo. Women are LESS likely to become infected, etc.

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