• Question: Do scientists completely know how the immune system works?

    Asked by anon-170079 to Ben, Lizzie, Francis, Max, Sian on 7 Mar 2018. This question was also asked by Alexiaalcolea05, keira.
    • Photo: Francis Man

      Francis Man answered on 7 Mar 2018:

      No, there are many aspects that we don’t know. Scientists keep finding new subtypes of immune cells and spend a lot of time trying to figure out what they do. Sometimes we discover new functions of cells that we thought we knew well.

      As technology improves, we are able to see much finer details of immune cells and how they interact with each other.

    • Photo: Ben Mulhearn

      Ben Mulhearn answered on 8 Mar 2018:

      Absolutely not at all! The more we find out about it, the more questions come up to answer. In agreement to Francis, we keep finding new types of cells with different functions, and also new molecules and proteins. The more we find out, the more we can help people with diseases.

    • Photo: Lizzie Wright

      Lizzie Wright answered on 10 Mar 2018:

      The immune system is extremely complex and reacts in different ways in different situations. theres still a lot to learn! Especially how we can harness it to fight disease.

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