Prepared by: Raymond Obamsowin
November 2009
IMMUNIZATION THEORY ISSUES:
Theory:
Vaccination is the injection of antigenic material, such as pathogen derived foreigh proteins and toxic adjuvants into the body, to initiate a “learned” immune system response in order to prevent particular diseases. Memory T cells (cell-mediated immunity) and Memory B cells (humoral-mediated immunity) learn to respond more quickly and strongly to specific infectious agents. B lymphocyte cell response to infectious agents are dependent on intelligence from memory T cells which serve as “helpers” aiding in the recognition of intrusive pathogens by signaling to B cells to produce “high affinity antibodies.” http://www.microrao.com/micronotes/pg/humoral_immunity.pdf
Facts:
http://www.uchospitals.edu/news/1999/1990311-tcell-memory.html
