Vaccine and Immunology

Immunogenetics and immune tolerance

Immunogenetics is the branch of immunology that deals with the study of genetic basis of immune response. It also deals with study of normal immunological pathways and identification of genetic variation that leads to immune defects, which further leads to identification of new therapeutic targets for immune diseases. Immune tolerance is a state of immune system where it unrespond to a substance or tissue that has the capacity to generate immune response in a organism.