Innate vs. Acquired Immunity

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• What are common mistakes students make with acquired immunity?
• What is innate immunity?
• How do cytokines affect the humoral immune response?
• What are t cells?
• What are phagocytes?
• How do natural killer cells differ from macrophages?
• How does ibuprofen affect prostaglandins?
• How does histamine affect smooth muscle?
• How do prostaglandins cause pain?
• How is immunological memory maintained?
• How do vaccines create immunological memory?
• How do immunizations work to produce immunological memory?
• How can humoral immunity hurt the body?
• How can active immunity be obtained?
• What is immunity?
• What is immunological memory?
• What are some examples of immunological memory?
• Why are memory cells important in long term immunity?
• How do immunoglobulins function?
• How do monoclonal antibodies work to fight autoimmune disease?
• What is an allergic reaction?
• What are some examples of monoclonal antibodies?
• Why can't an antibiotic be prepared from a carrier?
• What is responsible for triggering the inflammation response?
• What is the difference between active and passive immunity?
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• How do killer T cells recognise cancer cells from other body cells?
• What are antigens? How do these differ from antibodies?