Microbiology · Module 11 · Adaptive immunity, vaccines and diagnostics

Adaptive Immunity, Vaccines and Diagnostics Walkthrough

How B cells and T cells recognize a germ, attack it and remember it; how vaccines and borrowed antibodies protect us; when the response causes harm; and how labs use antibodies to diagnose infections. Go at your own pace. Nothing here is graded.

Speed

Think of it like this

Quick check

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Dr. Akash Garg · Microbiology Study Tools · Diagrams are simplified and not to scale. For learning only, not medical advice. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Use the left and right arrow keys to move between steps. Practice next in the Adaptive Immunity Lab. Cells and molecules are drawn as large cartoons, helper T cell subsets are simplified, and numbers such as response timing and herd immunity thresholds are rounded teaching values.