Vaccination And Immunity Flashcards

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Immunity

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Having the needed antibody in your blood stream

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Secondary immune response

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The much faster and heavier response to pathogens due to memory cells being present

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Natural immunity

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Without medical intervention

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Artificial immunity

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Gained with medical intervention

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Active immunity

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Produced by your own body and plasma cells

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Passive immunity

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Antibodies Gained from outside the body

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Monoclonal antibodies

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Synthetically made antibodies used for treating cancers

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How are monoclonal antibodies made?🐁

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Plasma B-cells from rats or rabbits are taken and fused with cancerous cells and the antibodies are specifically made to bind to surface proteins of cancer cells

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What do monoclonal antibodies do to cancer cells?

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one of:

  • combine them with radioactive compounds
  • attach a toxin to them
  • start a complement cascade
  • attach an antigen to them to make phagocytes engulf them
  • can seek changed fasr receptors and initiate apoptosis
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Herd immunity

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The immunity acquired by those unable to be immunised from the community being immunised

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