Vaccines 101
When a germ such as a virus or bacteria enters your body, your immune system goes into battle. It makes antibodies that locate the germ and launches an attack to...
Viral Vaccine Immunology
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...
THE BEAUTIFUL IMMUNE SYSTEM LESSON 6: Antibody Classes and the Immunoglobulins Test
The body's immune system makes antibodies in response to something it believes needs to be destroyed. Most often, antibodies are made to attach to foreign substances, "immunogens", such as bacteria,...
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...
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...