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Immunology

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-Study of a host defense against infection and the adverse effects of immune responses.

Includes

1) Study of:
- development of immunity
- pathologies of the immune system due to immune system dysfunction
2) Cellular and molecular events that occur at the host has encountered a microbe or foreign macromolecule.

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Immune System

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  • Physiological function: defend against infectious microbes
  • Senses and eliminates noself
  • Can be compared to the nervous system, because immune system is a sensory system.
  • Is a highly coordinated system of cells and tissues which are designed to respond to foreign substances
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Thucydides

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Greek Philosopher

1st mentioned immunity to an infection. He called a plague.