immunological response
1immunological memory — noun The ability of the immune system to mount a larger and more rapid response to an antigen that has already been encountered, mediated by long lived cells stimulated on first exposure to the antigen • • • Main Entry: ↑immune …
2immunological tolerance — a failure of the body to distinguish between materials that are self , and therefore to be tolerated, and those that are not self , against which it mounts an immune response. Tolerance results from the interaction of antigens with lymphocytes… …
3immunological tolerance — a failure of the body to distinguish between materials that are ‘self’, and therefore to be tolerated, and those that are ‘not self’, against which it mounts an immune response. Tolerance results from the interaction of antigens with lymphocytes… …
4immunological adjuvant — A substance used to help boost the immune response to a vaccine so that less vaccine is needed …
5anamnestic response — Archaic term now replaced by such terms as secondary immune response, immunological memory …
6immune response — Alteration in the reactivity of an organism s immune system in response to an antigen; in vertebrates, this may involve antibody production, induction of cell mediated immunity, complement activation or development of immunological tolerance …
7Immunology — is a broad branch of biomedical science that covers the study of all aspects of the immune system in all organisms.[1] It deals with the physiological functioning of the immune system in states of both health and diseases; malfunctions of the… …
8Human evolutionary genetics — studies how one human genome differs from the other, the evolutionary past that gave rise to it, and its current effects. Differences between genomes have anthropological, medical and forensic implications and applications. Genetic data can… …
9Palatine tonsil — Infobox Anatomy Name = Palatine tonsil Latin = tonsilla palatina GraySubject = 243 GrayPage = 1138 Caption = Mouth (oral cavity). Caption2 = The Palatine tonsils with the soft palate, uvula, and tongue visible. System = Precursor = pharyngeal… …
10DNA vaccination — The making of a DNA vaccine. DNA vaccination is a technique for protecting an organism against disease by injecting it with genetically engineered DNA to produce an immunological response. Nucleic acid vaccines are still experimental, and have… …
