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Course four, Fundamentals of Immunology: Dueling with Pathogens and Cancer, covers the constant battle between your immune system and threats to your health. The first two lectures discuss viral and cellular pathogens, focusing on specific tactics they use to deflect immune attacks. Next, a cheerier lecture describes other immune-based therapies, beginning with engineered antibodies to treat specific diseases. This lecture continues with vaccine development (viral-engineered, killed, RNA-component vaccines, and more) and adjuvant function and ends with vaccination strategies, including herd immunity and resisting the anti-vaccination movement. The last two lectures cover immune deficiencies and how cancer evades the immune system, concluding with advances in using immune therapies (antibodies and CAR T cells) to cure cancer.
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7 videos2 readings8 assignments
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7 videos•Total 69 minutes
Welcome Video•4 minutes
Lesson 1: Viral Structure and Function•12 minutes
Lesson 2: Enteroviruses•12 minutes
Lesson 3: Influenza•9 minutes
Lesson 4: Ebola•10 minutes
Lesson 5: Measles•10 minutes
Lesson 6: HIV•12 minutes
2 readings•Total 20 minutes
Course Information and Syllabus•10 minutes
Course Outline•10 minutes
8 assignments•Total 90 minutes
Lesson 1 Video Questions•5 minutes
Lesson 2 Video Questions•5 minutes
Lesson 3 Video Questions•5 minutes
Lesson 4 Video Questions•5 minutes
Lesson 5 Quiz•5 minutes
Lesson 6 Quiz•5 minutes
Practice Quiz•30 minutes
Graded Quiz•30 minutes
Pathogenic Organisms
Module 2•2 hours to complete
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4 videos6 assignments
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4 videos•Total 51 minutes
Lesson 1: Bacteria•14 minutes
Lesson 2: Fungi•19 minutes
Lesson 3: Unicellular Eukaryotes•9 minutes
Lesson 4: Helminth Parasites•10 minutes
6 assignments•Total 80 minutes
Lesson 1•5 minutes
Lesson 2•5 minutes
Lesson 3•5 minutes
Lesson 4•5 minutes
Practice Quiz•30 minutes
Graded Quiz•30 minutes
Immune Counterattack
Module 3•3 hours to complete
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5 videos7 assignments
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5 videos•Total 74 minutes
Lesson 1: Passive Immunity•12 minutes
Lesson 2: Live Attenuated Vaccines•17 minutes
Lesson 3: Adjuvants•12 minutes
Lesson 4: Killed and Component Vaccines•17 minutes
Lesson 5: Lies Anti-vaxxers Tell•17 minutes
7 assignments•Total 85 minutes
Lesson 1•5 minutes
Lesson 2•5 minutes
Lesson 3•5 minutes
Lesson 4•5 minutes
Lesson 5•5 minutes
Practice Quiz•30 minutes
Graded Quiz•30 minutes
Immune Deficiency
Module 4•2 hours to complete
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3 videos5 assignments
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3 videos•Total 39 minutes
Lesson 1: Overview•15 minutes
Lesson 2: Lymphoid Deficiencies•12 minutes
Lesson 3: Myeloid Deficiencies•13 minutes
5 assignments•Total 75 minutes
Lesson 1•5 minutes
Lesson 2•5 minutes
Lesson 3•5 minutes
Practice Quiz•30 minutes
Graded Quiz•30 minutes
Cancer
Module 5•2 hours to complete
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5 videos7 assignments
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5 videos•Total 55 minutes
Origins of Cancer: Cancer as Anti-development•10 minutes
The Road to Malignancy•13 minutes
Interactions with the Immune System•14 minutes
Non-Cellular Immune Therapies•11 minutes
Cellular Immune Therapies•7 minutes
7 assignments•Total 85 minutes
Lesson 1•5 minutes
Lesson 2•5 minutes
Lesson 3•5 minutes
Lesson 4•5 minutes
Lesson 5•5 minutes
Practice Quiz•30 minutes
Graded Quiz•30 minutes
Final Exam and Farewell
Module 6•5 hours to complete
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2 videos2 assignments
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2 videos•Total 18 minutes
Looking Ahead•14 minutes
Farewell Video•4 minutes
2 assignments•Total 270 minutes
Final Exam Review•180 minutes
Final Exam•90 minutes
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Reviewed on Jul 17, 2021
Mrs. Novotny and team deliver all topics amazingly and lively. I can feel that she is really passionate, hence she can motivate the students for elaborating more about immunology. Thank you.
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It was an amazing course, it really helped me to get a better understanding about the immune system.
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