Immunology Topics
Immunology impacts all aspects of your health. From developing tomorrow’s cancer treatments to research developing new vaccines, immunology provides a deeper understanding of health that can help you and your loved ones live longer, healthier lives.
What is Immunology?
Start here to learn immunology basics.
Vaccines
Vaccines are one of the most important advances in the history of medicine, preventing millions of deaths from diseases every year. Thanks to vaccines, once-feared diseases such as polio and measles are now rarer threats.
Allergies
Allergies occur when the immune system reacts to otherwise harmless substances such as pollen, food, pets, and more. Researchers aren’t completely sure why some people develop allergies and others do not, but they have identified a specific antibody IgE and certain immune cells, like mast cells, that are involved in allergic responses.
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Cancer
Immunology is closely linked to cancer research. From understanding how cancer develops, grows and spreads, to developing powerful new treatments, immunology research is leading the fight against cancer.
Autoimmune Disorders
The immune system is great at defending us from pathogens, but sometimes, it makes mistakes and attacks our own cells, this is called autoimmunity. There are many different autoimmune disorders that cause many different symptoms, but what they have in common is that the immune system is accidentally attacking cells in your body when it shouldn’t be.
Immunity to Infection
The immune system protects us from all kinds of pathogens that try to cause infection. Bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, and more can cause serious disease, but the immune system stops them from entering they body and fights them off when they do.
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