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Understanding Cancer Series: The Immune System
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    Posted: 01/28/2005    Reviewed: 09/01/2006
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The Immune System

      Slide Number and Title
  1. The Immune System
  2. Markers of Self
  3. Markers of Non-Self
  4. Markers of Self: Major Histocompatibility Complex
  5. Organs of the Immune System
  6. Lymphatic System
  7. Lymph Node
  8. Cells of the Immune System
  9. B Cells
  10. Antibody
  11. Immunoglobulins
  12. Antibody Genes
  13. T Cells
  14. Cytokines
  15. Killer Cells: Cytotoxic Ts and NKs
  16. Phagocytes and Their Relatives
  17. Phagocytes in the Body
  18. Complement
  19. Mounting an Immune Response
     
  1. Antigen Receptors
  2. Activation of B Cells to Make Antibody
  3. Activation of T Cells: Helper
  4. Activation of T Cells: Cytotoxic
  5. Regulatory T Cells
  6. Immunity: Active and Passive
  7. Disorders of the Immune System: Allergy
  8. Disorders of the Immune System: Autoimmune Disease
  9. Disorders of the Immune System: Immune Complex Disease
  10. Disorders of the Immune System: AIDS
  11. Human Tissue Typing for Transplants
  12. "Privileged" Immunity
  13. Immunity and Cancer
  14. Immunotherapy
  15. Dendritic Cells That Attack Cancer
  16. The Immune System and the Nervous System
  17. Hybridoma Technology
  18. Genetic Engineering
  19. The SCID-hu Mouse

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