Showing posts with label IMMUNE SYSTEM. Show all posts
Showing posts with label IMMUNE SYSTEM. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

TRANSPLANTS THAT DO THEIR JOB, THEN FADE AWAY

Click here to read an article from the New York Times about a promising surgery technique on liver transplant.

1. Why do transplant patients need to take immunosuppression drugs?
2. How do these drugs affect the patient?
3. Why/How are rejections caused?

Thursday, January 7, 2010

ALLERGIES


Click here for a video clip on allergies.

1. How are histamines produced?
2. What do histamines provoke in the human body?

HOW DO VACCINES WORK?

Click here to watch a video clip on how vaccines work.

1. What is a vaccine?
2. How does a vaccine work?

IMMUNE RESPONSE

Click here to watch a video clip on the immune response.

1. Where do B cells (B lymphocytes) develop?
2. Where do T cells (T lymphocytes) develop?
3. How do B cells work?
4. How do T cells work?