antibodies in medicine

Question 1

what is a monoclonal antibody

Answer 1

is a single type of antibodies tat ca be isolated and cloned

Question 2

what are monoclonal used for

Answer 2

• medical treatment
• diagnosis
• pregnancy test

Question 3

what is direct monoclonal antibody therapy

Answer 3

• used to treat cancers
• create antibodies which has a binding site which is complementary to the shape to the antigens outsider of cancerous cells

Question 4

what is direct monoclonal antibody therapy

Answer 4

-used to treat cancers
-create antibodies which has a binding site which is complementary to the shape to the antigens outsider of cancerous cells
-does not harm normal cells
the antibodies are given to the patient to attach to cancer cells antigens this prevents chemical binding to cancer cells which enable uncontrolled cell division

Question 5

what’s indirect monoclonal antibody therapy

Answer 5

has drugs attached to it

-delivered directly to cancer cells and kills them

Question 6

elisa testing

Answer 6

3 different types of monoclonal antibodies

Question 7

mobile antibody elisa testing

Answer 7

first the mobile antibody which is complementary for the antigen being tested is attached with a coloured enzyme

Question 8

immobilised

Answer 8

a second immobilized antibody complimentary to antigen

a third immobilised antibody which is to test for the first antibody