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Immunology is the study of the immune system and how a host fights infectious diseases and cancer. Medical
Immunology is a course that lays the foundations in human immunology to prepare the medical student for
clinical application. The teaching format of the course includes lectures and small group discussion groups
to work out clinical problems related to immunology. Initially, the course focuses on the players (cells and
tissues) in immune responses before delving into the specifics of how antibodies are made and utilized by the
immune system to fight disease. Once the student understands the different pieces of the immunology puzzle,
we bring it all together to help the student understand how immune responses are induced, how the appropriate
cells get to where they are needed, what the cells do once they get there, and how the responses are regulated.
The last part of the course is focused on clinical consequences of immune responses, such as allergic responses
(hypersensitivity), transplant rejection, autoimmune diseases, immunodeficiency, and intervention
(immunoreplacement or gene therapy) to modulate immunity.
For more information, please see:
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