IMMU2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Phagocyte, Tuberculosis, Immunocompetence
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Introduction to the course: 3 assessment tasks aside from exam (all equal), understanding an immunology research article (title and abstract written assessment, comprehension table). Nobel laureate will be assigned to you whom you have to research and introduce to your audience (the public): practical assessment. A pre-prac quiz at the start of every prac (5 quizzes worth 5% each). A collection of cells, tissues, and molecules that mediate resistance to infections and eliminates tumours. Thus, immunology is the study of the immune system and its response to invading pathogens and tumours. Functions: to prevent infections, to eradicate established infections, to detect and eliminate tumours, to tolerate self. Immunity is defined as resistance to diseases caused by bacterial, viral, fungal, parasitic infections, as well as tumour immunity. The immune system can also over-react: asthma, atopic or allergic reactions, autoimmune diseases. Integrated with other systems- gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, respiratory, nervous, endocrine, skin.
