Immunology 201

  • Course Price: $150 USD
  • BIO Member Price: $120 USD
  • Course Run Time: 55 minutes
  • Course Level: Level 2 - General
  • Completion Period: 2 week

Immunology 201 builds on the Immunology 101 class to describe the two types of immune systems, the non-specific immune system, and the specific immune system. This class puts all the immune system details into practice, taking you on a journey from how disease occurs to how your body fights it. By understanding this complex process, you will better understand how these steps are exploited by the biopharma industry to create cutting-edge immunotherapies in biotechnology.

Suggested Prerequisites

Immunology 101

Takeaways
  1. List the immune response functions.
  2. Explanation of how the non-specific immune system recognizes, responds to, and eliminates pathogens.
  3. Road map of the specific immune cell types, their functions, and how they eliminate pathogens and cancer.
  4. In-depth understanding of how the immune system's memory B-cells and T-cells fight reinfection.
  5. Roll of cytokines and why/how cytokine storms occur.
Certificate Requirements
  • View the entire course
  • Pass course exam with a 70 percent
Certificate Requirements
  • View the entire course
  • Pass course exam with a 70 percent
Trailer
Section 1: Non-Specific Immunity
Learn how your non-specific immune system recognizes, responds to, and eliminates a pathogen.
Section 2: Specific Immunity
Learn the details of the non-specific immune system, including how B-cells and T-cells are activated and interact to fight disease.
Section 3: Immune System Activation: Putting It All Together
Decribes how the immune response fights disease in its entirety.
Final Quiz
You have 20 minutes to take this timed quiz. You have two attempts to pass the quiz with a 70% or higher grade.
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Certificate Requirements
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  • Pass course exam with a 70 percent