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Immunology Exam 1
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Immunology
Undergraduate 4
02/07/2019

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Edward Jenner
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Discovered small pox vaccine (1796)
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Robert Koch
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Discovered Germ Theory of Disease (1st Nobel prize winner)
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Louis Pasteur
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Discovered Chicken Cholera + Rabies vaccine
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Emil von Behring and Shibasaburo
Kitasato
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Coined the term antibodies (1890)
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Antibody
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A glycoprotein produced by B cells that interact specifically with antigens (Ag)
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Elie Metchnikoff
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Studied macrophages and innate immunity
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Chargaff
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Discovered A=T, G=C
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Watson and Crick
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Discovered double helix structure of DNA
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Griffith and Avery
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Discovered bacterial transformation
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Hershey and Chase
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Discovered Waring blender, except with phage
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Meselsohn and Stahl
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Discovered that replication is semi-conservative
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Beadle and Tatum
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Discovered that one gene codes for one enzyme
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AMI
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Ab-mediated immunity - one of the two branches of the specific immune response. Also known as humoral immunity. Ab are also called Ig (immunoglobulin).
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CMI
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Cell-mediated immunity
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The cells of the immune system originate in the _______
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Bone marrow
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Leukocytes
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White blood cells, the cells of the immune system originating in the bone marrow
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Myeloid
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One branch of WBC production. Produces macrophages and granulocytes
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Lymphoid
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One branch of WBC production. Produces lymphocytes and natural killer cells
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Hematopoietic stem
cells
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The progenitor (parent) cells that the cells of the immune system develop from.
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Neutrophil
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A type of granulocyte
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