Tagged: Specific immunity

Difference between adaptive and acquired immunity

December 8, 2022

Adaptive immunity (Acquired immunity) types, Difference between Innate and Adaptive Immune responses

Acquired (adaptive or specific) immunity is a type of immunity that develops when a person’s immune system responds to a foreign substance or microorganism, or that occurs after a person receives antibodies from another...

Biology

July 14, 2018

Immune response, Mechanisms of Acquired (Specific or adaptive) immunity and Memory cells

Acquired immunity is the resistance of the body to new pathogens or that have infected the body before, If the second line of defence failed in getting rid of the foreign body, the body...

Biology

July 11, 2018

Natural (Non-specific or innate) immunity, How does human body protect itself from pathogen ?

There are two systems of immunity in man, which are Natural (Non-specific or innate) immunity, Acquired ( Specific or adaptive ) immunity, Although the two systems of immunity are different, they work together in cooperation...