Monoclonal Antibodies

Question 1

What are monoclonal antibodies

Answer 1

Monoclonal antibodies are proteins. If all the protein s come from one cell they are monoclonal.

Question 2

What is stage 1 in the making of monoclonal antibodies?

Answer 2

.mouse lymphocytes are stimulated to make a particulare antibody.

Question 3

What is stage 2 in the making of monoclonal antibodies

Answer 3

Scientists combine a mouse lymphocyte with a tumour cell to make a hybridoma.

Question 4

What is stage 3 in the making of monoclonal antibodies?

Answer 4

.single hybridoma cells divide to make a large number of identical cells that all produce the same antibody.

Question 5

What is stage 4 of making monoclonal antibodies?

Answer 5

.the antibodies from the hybridoma cell dividing are collected and purified.

Question 6

How do pregnancy tests use monoclonal antibodies?

Answer 6

Pregnancy tests rely on monoclonal antibodies that attached hormones found in early pregnancy.

Question 7

How can monoclonal antibodies be used to diagnose disease?

Answer 7

Specific antibodies can attach to antigens on a pathogen, or some types of cancerous cells.

Question 8

How can scientists track down specific molecules in a cell?

Answer 8

By attaching flourescent markers to a monoclonal antibody