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Immunology department

Immunology, the scientific study of the body’s resistance to invasion by other organisms (i.e., immunity).

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Immunology journal

Academic immunology research center

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Immunology is the study of the immune system and is a very important branch of the medical and biological sciences. The immune system protects us from infection through various lines of defence. If the immune system is not functioning as it should, it can result in disease, such as autoimmunity, allergy and cancer.

Simply put, immunology is the study of all aspects of the immune system, including its structure and function, disorders of the immune system, blood banking, immunization, and organ transplantation. But there is nothing simple about it.

In medicine, the immune system’s way of protecting the body against an infectious disease. The three types of immunity are innate, adaptive, and passive.

The primary functions of the adaptive immune response are: the recognition of specific “non-self” antigens, distinguishing them from “self” antigens; the generation of pathogen-specific immunologic effector pathways that eliminate specific pathogens or pathogen-infected cells; and the development of an immunologic …

  • Testicular immunology – Testes.
  • Immunodermatology – Skin.
  • Intravascular immunology – Blood.
  • Osteoimmunology – Bone.
  • Mucosal immunology – Mucosal surfaces.

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