Description: (Formerly numbered 185B.) Lecture, 90 minutes. Requisite: course C185A. Covers similarities and differences between host immune reactions to bacterial and viral infections, and balance required between immune and inflammatory responses. Discussion of various strategies to enhance our immune system against invasion by pathogens or cancer cells without triggering inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, including new cancer immunotherapies. Concurrently scheduled with C285B. Letter grading.

Units: 2.0