As we know from our understanding of microbiology, pathogens are everywhere. So why don't we get sick all the time? And what are allergies, why do some people have them and others don't? And what are vaccines, how do those work? All of these questions can be answered by learning about the
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Immunotherapy: Boosting the immune system to fight cancer
The concept of 'teaching' the immune system to recognize and destroy cancer cells is over a century old, but the development of immunotherapeutic strategies for cancer was slow for many decades. However, much has been learned about the immune system in the meantime, and with the recent app
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Visit our website to learn more about using Nucleus content for patient engagement and content marketing: http://www.nucleushealth.com/ #CancerImmunotherapy #Immunotherapy #CancerTreatment MEDICAL ANIMATION TRANSCRIPT: This video will show you what cancer immunotherapy is and how it wor
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Immunomodulators Part 2: Immunostimulants
We just learned about immunosuppressants, so now it's time to learn about immunostimulants. As one would expect, rather than dampening immune activity, these enhance immune activity. There are instances in which immune stimulation has anti-cancer effects. These drugs include colony-stimula
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Immunomodulators Part 1: Immunosuppressants
We've already begun examining some immunomodulating drugs, like the glucocorticoids, so let's zoom out for a more comprehensive view of this class. First let's check out immunosuppressants, drugs that suppress some unwanted or disproportionate immune activity. These include immunophilin-bi
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When you get a bacterial infection, the immune response needs to be very rapid. But it can take hours to sense a threat, and generating effector proteins in response takes time. Luckily, we all have large protein complexes called inflammasomes that can also initiate inflammation. What are
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Types of Immune Cell Receptors
We've talked a bit about how immune cell receptors operate, but now it's time to get specific about the types of receptors that immune cells can express. That means we need to discuss antigen receptors, costimulatory receptors, inhibitory receptors, cytokine receptors, and chemokine recept
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Signal Transduction in Immune Cells: Receptor-Ligand Interactions
Now that we know some things about immune cell structure and function, we need to start understanding how these cells interact on the molecular level, and how signals are translated into cellular response. This means looking at receptor-ligand interactions. What is signal transduction?What
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Types of Immune Cells Part 1: Immune Cell Function
Ok, we are ready to investigate the immune system! So where do we start? Rather than starting on the big objects, like the organs in the lymphatic system, the best way to dive in is to briefly discuss the different types of cells that comprise the immune system, and talk a little bit about
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What are Antibodies | Health | Biology | FuseSchool
What are Antibodies | Health | Biology | FuseSchool If this is the first time you have heard about antibodies, you may not know how important they are. Antibodies are one of the warriors inside our body, helping us to fight off nasty, invading particles. They are a type of protein, and
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