College Lecture Material

I am taking a class in microbiology - - the macroscopic study of microorganisms and viruses - - and I am particularly interested in a sub-area, immunology. Immunology specifically studies the way in which the body fights off microorganisms and how we maintain health even in the midst of billions of antigens. Somehow the body recognizes and teaches itself what is internal and what is foreign and it's the how & why that comprises much of the work in this ara.

To learn more, read a powerpoint presentation based on an article written by Aude M. Fahrer et al in Nature, Vol. 409, 15 ebruary 2001 and presented by Amy Marie Sepan at a seminar at Clarion University of Pennsylvania. To check it out, look right to the featured article.