This unit builds upon basic concepts of immunology taught at Level 2. It focuses on human immune responses. The lecture topics taught in this unit include structural features of the immune system; the innate and adaptive immune systems; effector cells and cytokines; the complement system; mucosal immunity; generation of diversity in adaptive immune responses; the structural and molecular basis of antigen recognition including the major histocompatibility complex; mechanisms of immune control of pathogens; and mechanisms used by viruses and bacteria to evade recognition by the immune system. The unit discusses the importance of the immune response in transplantation and organ rejection and... -- Course Website
Prerequisites: (MICR2209 Introductory Microbiology and MICR2208 Introduction to Infectious Diseases and Immunology) or Biomedical Science major Level 2 units
