Reflecting on Immunology                

               Immunology is a very interesting topic. When you think of taking a class called immunology, you would most likely assume that it is going to only be about the immune system. The main focus of this class is the immune system but it is amazing to see how our whole health really focuses on our immune system. When we get vaccines, we do not realize how these vaccines are created and what they are actually doing. Scientists are supposed to study every aspect of the antigens that enter our bodies. How they react to each individual is something pretty amazing as well. There are so many viruses and bacteria that can enter our body and trying to figure out how every single one of them look and what they exactly do would take a very long time. I realized this when I was doing a lab this past week. We had to use anti-bovine, horse albumin, bovine albumin and anti-horse. Even though these were only a couple things, I realized that there are so many things that we could have used. Being in class this past week made me realize that there are so many things that interact with our immune system. It is fascinating yet scary to know that there can be so many things that are capable of hurting our bodies, but also things that can help our bodies as well.