B6 - Vaccination

Question 1

what is a vaccintaion?

Answer 1

contains a dead pathegon that will trigger the body to make antibodies… meaning the time u get the disease u are ok.

Question 2

what is an antigen

Answer 2

all cells have an antigen on them. An antibody connects to this.

Question 3

what is an antibody?

Answer 3

made by the white blood cells and attatch onto the antigens, they then normally destroy the cell.

Question 4

what is a monoclonal antibody?

Answer 4

made with b lymphocide cells from an animal and cancer cells, they are mixed to make a hybrid cell which they clone and purify to make antibodies.

Question 5

what can monoclonal antibodies treat?

Answer 5

any disease as they can kill cells, though for cancer they are making antibodies that can work, they are hard to produce but very effective at killing the cells