Do you ever notice every time you exposed to a disease such as cold or the flu, the infection period for that disease gets shorter for the next time you are exposed to the same disease? Our adaptive immune system saves us from different infections by remembering the pathogen. It creates the memory of the […]
Tag: Immunity
INNATE IMMUNITY
In our daily life, we are exposed to millions or trillions of pathogens, through contact, inhalation, or ingestion. We got an ability to avoid infection and this is the function of our immune system. This ability to resist infections is known as immunity. Immunity is interconnected in two systems: 1. Innate immunity 2. Adaptive immunity […]