Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy

Immunopharmacology

The application of immunological techniques which deals with immunopharmacology in particular on the immune system. Before the designation of immunity from the etymological root immunise, which in Latin means "exempt"; early physicians characterized organs that would later be shown to be essential components of the immune system. Important lymphoid organs of the immune system are the thymus and bone marrow and major lymphatic tissues such as spleen, tonsils, lymphatic vessels, lymph nodes, adenoids and liver., Organs including thymus, spleen , bone marrow, lymph nodes and other lymphatic tissues that are part of the immune system can be removed surgically.

 • Immunotolerance

 • Immunobiology

 • Adoptive immunity

 • Innate immunity