Fundamentals of Immunology, Course 4: Dueling with the Dark Side, covers the constant battle between your immune system and threats to your health. The first two lectures discuss viral and cellular pathogens, focusing on specific tactics they use to deflect immune attack. Next, a cheerier lecture describes other immune-based therapies, beginning with the use of engineered antibodies to treat specific diseases. This lecture continues with vaccine development (viral-engineered, killed, RNA-component vaccines and more) and adjuvant function and ends with vaccination strategies, including herd immunity and resisting the anti-vaccination movement. The last two lectures cover immune deficiencies and how cancer evades the immune system, concluding with advances in using immune therapies (antibodies and CAR T cells) to cure cancer.
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
3 hours to complete
Viral Strategies
3 hours to complete
7 videos (Total 69 min), 1 reading, 8 quizzes
2 hours to complete
Pathogenic Organisms
2 hours to complete
4 videos (Total 47 min)
3 hours to complete
Immune Counterattack
3 hours to complete
5 videos (Total 74 min)
2 hours to complete
Immune Deficiency
2 hours to complete
3 videos (Total 39 min)
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TOP REVIEWS FROM FUNDAMENTALS OF IMMUNOLOGY: DUELING WITH THE DARK SIDE
by MFJul 17, 2021
Mrs. Novotny and team deliver all topics amazingly and lively. I can feel that she is really passionate, hence she can motivate the students for elaborating more about immunology. Thank you.
by SSApr 5, 2021
It was an amazing course, it really helped me to get a better understanding about the immune system.
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