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Why Hepatitis B vaccine is called second generation vaccine?

Important Questions on Human Health and Diseases

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Transplantation of tissues/organs fails often due to non-acceptance by the patient's body. Which type of immune-response is responsible for such rejections?
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Grafted kidney may be rejected in a patient due to:
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MALT constitutes about _______ percent of the lymphoid tissue in human body.
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Match the following about immune system

List I List I
A Complement proteins I Stimulate phagocytosis
B Tc cells II Microglia in brain
C Cytokines III Inflammation
D Mononuclear phagocytes IV Membrane attack complex
    V Cell mediated immunity

The correct answer is

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Statement (S): Natural killer cells form the body's most important cells of defence, and they destroy the infected cells or altered self cells in an antibody-independent manner.

Reason (R): The reaction time of NK cells is fast as they are always in an active form to identify and destroy even small cancer cells well before they form a tumor.

Which of the following is true?

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Match each disease with its correct type of vaccine:
 
 (a) Tuberculosis (i) Harmless virus
 (b) Whooping cough (ii) Inactivated toxin
 (c) Diphtheria (iii) Killed bacteria
 (d) Polio (iv) Harmless bacteria
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What are monoclonal antibodies? Mention its use. 
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For prevention of which disease, a person should be vaccinated with T.A.B?
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What do you mean by vaccination? Mention the cause and symptoms of typhoid.
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Write differences between Vaccination and immunisation.
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Which of the following immune responses is responsible for the rejection of kidney graft?
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Name the chemical alarm signals released by damaged mast cells.
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The most promising chemotherapeutic agent for treating viral disease is 
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Antivenom injection contains preformed antibodies while polio drops that are administered into the body contain
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Define vaccine. How does vaccination help in the immunity of the body?
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Comment on the role of vaccination and immunisation in keeping the human population healthy.