In article <34677324.90B4528F at c-c-s.com>,
Davor Matic <dmatic at c-c-s.com> wrote:
>I have some pretty basic questions about the immune system "memory".
>>How does the immune system remember that you either had an illness, or
>you have been vaccinated against it? What is the mechanism for storing
>this kind of information? It is done by incorporating various segments
>of the virus DNA into the DNA of the immune system, or perhaps something
>else? What is the name of the cells that remember this information?
>Why do we need booster shots?
As an introduction, I wrote a couple of pieces on basics of vaccination;
two are at my web page, at
<http://www.panix.com/~iayork/Immunology/vaccination.shtml>
and
<http://www.panix.com/~iayork/Immunology/smallpox.shtml>,
and for one you can try DejaNews, checking the newsgroup sci.med for
something with the title "So You Want to Make A Vaccine!" on 1997/06/02.
(Old database, search string "(~a iayork at panix.com) & (~g sci.med) & (~s
vaccine) pulls it up.)
These may answer some of your questions.
Ian
--
Ian York (iayork at panix.com) <http://www.panix.com/~iayork/>
"-but as he was a York, I am rather inclined to suppose him a
very respectable Man." -Jane Austen, The History of England
