The process of artificially introducing weakened pathogens to stimulate immunity is called: MCQ with Answer and Explanation

The process of artificially introducing weakened pathogens to stimulate immunity is called:
A. Immunotherapy
B. Vaccination
C. Antibiosis
D. Chemotherapy
Answer: Option B
Solution (By JKExamLibrary)
Vaccination (immunization) involves administering killed or attenuated pathogens, or their antigens, to induce active artificial immunity without causing disease. It primes the immune system to produce memory cells. Antibiosis is inhibition by another organism, immunotherapy treats disease by modulating immune response, chemotherapy uses drugs against cancer or microbes.

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