Immunology is an important basic medical subject, and its main tasks are: to study the structure and function of immune system, and to understand its beneficial defense function, harmful pathological effect and its mechanism; In order to formulate effective immunological measures and achieve the purpose of preventing and treating diseases.
The development of related disciplines, especially the development of molecular biology technology, has promoted the immunological research at molecular and gene levels, and made rapid progress in immunology. At the same time, immunology penetrated into other disciplines, forming interdisciplinary disciplines such as reproductive immunology and immunogenetics.