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    Bermudez, Sean Andrew P Science, Technology, and Society

    MA 202 March 3, 2022

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    The body has several defense mechanisms against infections (disease-causing
    organisms). Skin, mucus, and cilia (microscopic hairs that transport material away from
    the lungs) all act as physical barriers to keep germs out of the body.

    When a pathogen infects the body, our body's defenses, known as the immune
    system, are activated, and the infection is fought, eliminated, or defeated. Antibodies
    generated in response to pathogen antigens are an essential component of the immune
    system. Antibodies can be thought of as troops in your body's defensive mechanism.
    Each antibody, or soldier, in our system has been programmed to detect a single
    antigen. Our bodies contain hundreds of different antibodies. When the human body is
    initially exposed to an antigen, it takes time for the immune system to react and
    manufacture antibodies specific to that antigen. Meanwhile, the individual is at risk of
    becoming unwell.

    Once antigen-specific antibodies are created, they collaborate with the rest of the
    immune system to attack the pathogen and end the sickness. Antibodies to one
    pathogen seldom protect against antibodies to another infection, unless the two
    pathogens are genetically identical, such as relatives. When the body makes antibodies
    in response to an antigen, it also forms antibody-producing memory cells, which survive
    long after the pathogen is vanquished by the antibodies. When the body is exposed to
    the same disease several times, the antibody response is considerably quicker and
    more effective than the first time because memory cells are ready to produce antibodies
    against that antigen. This implies that if the individual is ever exposed to the harmful
    infection again, their immune system will be able to respond swiftly, safeguarding them
    against sickness.

    Vaccines include weakened or inactive portions of a certain organism (antigen),


    which causes an immunological reaction in the body. The blueprint for generating
    antigens, rather than the antigen itself, is contained in newer vaccinations. Whether the
    vaccine is made up of the antigen itself or the blueprint for the body to produce the
    antigen, this weakened version will not cause the disease in the person receiving the
    vaccine, but it will prompt their immune system to respond in the same way that it would
    have in its first reaction to the actual pathogen.

    Some immunizations need repeated doses administered weeks or months apart.


    This is occasionally required to allow for the creation of long-lasting antibodies and the
    establishment of memory cells. In this approach, the body is educated to resist the
    specific disease-causing organism, storing pathogen memory so that it can fight it
    quickly if and when it is exposed in the future.

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