Immune System

 Reading--I strongly suggest you print out (about 10 pages)
First, an overview:
http://www.nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/immunity/immune-overview.html

Then, the immune system in more detail:
http://www.nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/immunity/immune-detail.html


Here's a more animated version:
http://www.nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/immuneresponses/
Click on the animation/game at the top. (look for the moving bumblebee.)  Be sure to click all the buttons--if you are not reading, then you are not doing it right.

Now for all over-achievers, or for those with special interest, some extra-credit reading: (also, better to print out): http://www.nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/immuneresponses/overview/index.html?print=1
I really enjoyed this article; it tells the history of the research on the immune system, and is well written, in my view.

And this is how allergies develop: