Browsing Biology (7) - Archived by Subject "pathogens"

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    • 7.340 Under the Radar Screen: How Bugs Trick Our Immune Defenses, Spring 2007 

      Grotenbreg, Gijsbert; Paquet, Marie-Eve (2007-06)
      In this course, we will explore the specific ways by which microbes defeat our immune system and the molecular mechanisms that are under attack (phagocytosis, the ubiquitin/proteasome pathway, MHC I/II antigen presentation). ...

    • 7.340 Unusual Biology: The Science of Emerging Pathogens, Spring 2013 

      Camejo, Ana; Gold, Daniel (2013-06)
      Infectious diseases represent a serious global public health problem. They have the potential to kill millions of people, whether they emerge naturally as outbreaks or pandemics, or deliberately through bioterrorism. Some ...

    • 7.345 Evolution of the Immune System, Spring 2005 

      Danilova, Nadia (2005-06)
      In this course, evolutionary pathways that have led to the development of innate and adaptive immunity are analyzed, the conserved and unique features of the immune response from bacteria to higher vertebrates is traced, ...