Cell & Tissue Science

Immunology

Immunology is the study of the immune system which is a very important part of the medical and biological sciences. The immune system protects us from infection through various lines of defense. If the immune system is not functioning as it should, it results in the form disease, such as autoimmunity, allergy and cancer.Immunotherapy could be a broad category of cancer therapies that use the body’s immune system to fight cancer cells. These cells are totally different from normal cells, in this, they don’t die normally. Consider these rapidly dividing cells like an out-of-control copy machine that won’t stop making images. These abnormal cells frequently modification, or “mutate,” to evade the immune system. Immunotherapy medicines that are designed to alert the immune system regarding these mutated cells so that it will find and destroy them. Immunotherapies are divided into 3 general categories: 1. Checkpoint Inhibitors are the disrupt signals that enable cancer cells to cover from an immune attack 2. Cytokines are the protein molecules that facilitate regulate and direct the immune system 3. Cancer vaccines that are used to each treat and stop cancer by targeting the immune system.