Immunology

It was in late eighteenth century Edward Jenner discovered a safer immunizing technique that could replace the preexisting variolation technique, the vaccination. The method of variolation encountered significant death rate which led the world go panic. Therefore, physicians were on the quest of finding a new and more secure method of immunization with minimal or no death rates. On this basis, an English physician named Edward Jenner (1748–1823) searched for a cure for smallpox, a devastating…

Lupus is a type of inflammatory disease that affects the immune system which causes your body to attack its own tissues and this disease is a very chronic disease with ongoing signs. There are proteins in your body called antibodies that can protect your body from different types of invaders like the flu. Your body can tell the difference between good and bad antibodies. Lupus is able to destroy a variety of cells and organs such as, joints, skin, liver, heart, and kidneys.…

The body’s natural protection mechanism against infection from pathogen is not as effective as it can be, especially for individuals that have compromised immune response. The body’s immune response system has an essential resistance and adaptive immunity as its first line of defense. When the front-line defense (innate) immunity fails to protect the body against microbial pathogens the second line of defense (adaptive) which is more specific is activated (H. ,2012, September 11). The innate…

I’m writing this letter to you today because I wanted to discuss the importance of vaccines. Getting a vaccination is one of the most helpful ways that we as humans in today’s society can do to protect ourselves from communicable diseases. A communicable disease is an illness caused by an infectious agent or its toxins that occurs through the direct or indirect transmission of the infectious agent or its products from an infected individual or via an animal, vector or the inanimate environment…

As human beings, we have benefited from vaccines for more than two centuries. Despite the many that have paved the way for effective vaccinations the question of, “is this really good for my child?” continues to be a dilemma among many of us. It is said that vaccinations have saved millions of children’s lives because as of the 20th century Rubella, Diphtheria, Smallpox, Polio, and Whooping Cough are all preventable as a result of vaccines. In the past few years, as the incidence of many…

The Sci-Fi story I will be writing about is going to be about space mission to a habitable extrasolar planet. It will be based centuries into the future when technology has improved to the point that our human race can visit planets light years away. Of course there are still effects of long-term space travel on the human body, but the technology and research will be more advanced during the time period of my story. The mission is going to consist of highly trained astronauts and the most…

Were you vaccinated as a child? If you have children, did you choose to vaccinate them? If yes, why? Although it sounds like a very easy question to answer but because of misinformation about vaccinations many people are no longer staying up to date on them or are choosing to opt out completely for themselves and their children. Understanding the way the immune system works to cause immunity to certain diseases is crucial in understanding how and why vaccinations work. Active, natural immunity…

The start of the vaccine movement was the year 1855; when the smallpox vaccines were mandatory for the school children. The state of Massachusetts passed the first U.S. Law, mandating vaccination for the school children. This practice continues still today. By the age of 6, 49 vaccines are given to the single kid. Certainly, vaccines have saved several lives up until today. This is one of the best action taken place for humanity. In fact, the majority population does not recognize that…

Background & Introduction Allergy is an IgE mediated inflammation of the mucosa or skin after exposure to allergenic substances in susceptible individuals. It is estimated to have 150 million sufferers in Europe which makes it the most common chronic disease [1]. In addition to various environmental factors, a myriad of different cells, genes and specific markers and cytokines have been proposed to play role in the pathology of allergic diseases. Understanding the underlying etiology and…

The vaccine we have designed will be delivered through a shot intramuscularly. In this respect it will be delivered in the same area that a normal flu virus vaccine would. This vaccine will be delivered once before the patient has gotten the Ebola virus, because Ebola is not constantly changing like the flu virus and will not need a new vaccine every year unless the disease mutates. Since we predict the virus won’t be constantly changing, a one-time delivery to the patients would be the best…