4/18: Vlog, Inspiration Immunology
https://youtu.be/OJqzx68GncM
Blog Four: 4/14, Immunology: Information Extreme
Good evening! I have read through a lot of Immunobiology, as it is a college-level text book and I think I may have overestimated myself just a bit on "reading the whole thing". But, with college-level books, comes the fact that I learned a whole bunch. As the name implies, it was a very science-heavy book, and definitely needs some scientific background knowledge to fully understand what is happening. The main thing I learned about was the complement system. No, it isn't a system where your immune system complements itself, but I think we all need a system like that right now. The complement system is made up of different distinct proteins that opsonize pathogens, or make the pathogens "appetizing" towards the phagocytes. Basically, the complement system is made up all sorts of different proteins that specialize in binding to the receptors of different pathogens, and the proteins attract immune system cells such as macrophages to break down the pathogen. Anot
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