Immune Response

Duration: 33 0:20:00

Genre: Educational

Creator: Ross-McElroy Productions National Educational Television Service.

Format: 16mm

Color: Color & B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Discusses the effects of radiation on the immunizing response by which the body builds antibodies against disease and other foreign substances. Reviews the immunology work of William Hay Taliaferro and Lucy Graves Taliaferro, microbiologists at the Argonne National Laboratories., Explains the complex defense system of the human body at the cellular and subcellular levels through time lapse photography, detailing the structure and function of each component. Uses animation and a battle analogy to review the process and relevant terminology. Discusses the implications the immune response has for the future study of aging, heredity, growth, organ transplants, cancer, and various infectious diseases.

Complete Record: Discusses the effects of radiation on the immunizing response by which the body builds antibodies against disease and other foreign substances. Reviews the immunology work of William Hay Taliaferro and Lucy Graves Taliaferro, microbiologists at the Argonne National Laboratories., Describes the mechanism by which the body builds antibodies against disease and other foreign substances and illustrates the effects of radiation on this immunizing response. Presents a demonstration of experimental procedures which takes the audience from the irradiation of rabbits with X-rays to the point where conclusions must be drawn., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.