Viral Vaccine Immunology

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What happens after you are injected with a viral vaccine? And which viral vaccine type is best? (Note that I’m going to be talking about viral vaccines ONLY.) First of all, there two basic types of viral vaccines: live attenuated vaccines (LAV) and inactivated (killed) vaccines. LAV contain … Continued

The beautiful immune system lesson 5: The fundamental aspects of adaptive immune responses

As stated in lesson 4, adaptive immune responses to foreign antigens are made up of cell-mediated and humoral processes. The lymphocytes that carry out these processes (T cells for cell-mediated and B-cells for humoral) have fundamental properties that are essential for … Continued

The Beautiful Immune System Lesson 4: Humoral and Cell-Mediated Immunity

If you haven’t been following my “beautiful immune system” lessons, I highly suggest you go back and read the first three lessons to catch up. These are short and simple lessons leading you through what will eventually be a great … Continued

The Beautiful Immune System Lesson 2: Protective Immunity

When our bodies become sick with a virus, bacteria, fungi, parasite, etc., our adaptive immune system, the one that “remembers” microbes, not only fights off the microbe but creates protective immunity against it. Protective immunity is the body’s ability to … Continued