The adaptive immune system is the subsystem of an entire immune system. Characteristically, the adaptive immune system is comprised highly systematic and specialized cells and processes whose main purposes are to eliminate or inhibit the growth of pathogens within specific hosts. The adaptive immune system is infamous for its ability to place the body in better states to fight similar pathogens in subsequent infections. Nonetheless, both the cell-meditated and humoral immunity of the adaptive immune systems lacks the desirable ability to distinguish between harmful and harmless invading pathogens.
Primary Cell Type
Lymphocytes are the primary cell type in the composition of the ...
