Immunology
San Diego's Bruce A. Beutler, chair of genetics at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, will share this year's Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine with Jules Hoffmann and Ralph Steinman for groundbreaking discoveries in immunology that have helped lead to the development of vaccines. Ref. Source 9
Immunology: Tonsils as a testbed. Biomedical researchers have isolated immune cells from human tonsils obtained following routine surgery, and used them to analyze aspects of the immune response and test the effects of anti-inflammatory agents at the cellular level. Source 5n.
Immunology is the medical specialty that focuses on the study, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases related to the immune system and, as a consequence, of the organs, tissues, and cells that modulate the body's response to the presence of external pathogenic agents (Bacteria, viruses, ...).