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#Immunity & #Vaccines
Will try to explain with #GIF's
What is Immunity?
Your Immune system will attack anything unfamiliar. This could be bacteria, virus, fungus or anything it identifies as foreign
When #coronavirus AKA #thevirus infects, our body attacks in two stages
Will try to explain with #GIF's
What is Immunity?
Your Immune system will attack anything unfamiliar. This could be bacteria, virus, fungus or anything it identifies as foreign
When #coronavirus AKA #thevirus infects, our body attacks in two stages
The #firststage is the general response. This is common to any foreign body entering us. Various chemicals are secreted to not only destroy the #thevirus but also to initiate the second stage.
This #firststage is called #Innateimmunity
This #firststage is called #Innateimmunity
The #secondstage needs some time to build, as its specific to that particular #thevirus. It takes time because the body needs to figure out which part of the #thevirus to attack & what's needed to attack it. This takes around 6-8 days.
This 2nd stage is #Adaptiveimmunity
This 2nd stage is #Adaptiveimmunity
Very happy (and relieved) that our work on a beneficial function of the #AllergyModule of the #ImmuneSystem (#IgE antibodies and #MastCells) in host defense against #bacteria is out: cell.com/immunity/fullt…
Please check out the paper or the thread below if you want to know more
Please check out the paper or the thread below if you want to know more
2/11 First things first: Many thanks to the amazing people and friends involved in this study over the last 6 years, especially my mentors Steve Galli @stanford and @sylviaknapplab as well as all co-authors (on twitter: @lauren_popov, @S_Zahalka, @maryemradhouani, @immceptionl)..
3/11 ...and host institutions @cemm_news, @meduni_wien and @stanfordmed; special thanks to @bobby_network for the superfancy 3D artwork! 
