Category: Antibodies
How are antibodies and immunity-related?
Post Views: 399 Antibodies are essential to the immune system, playing a crucial role in protecting the body against harmful pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, and parasites. The body’s immune system produces these specialised proteins in response to foreign substances known as antigens. When an antigen enters the body, the immune system recognises it as…
Could Monoclonal Antibodies Decrease the Efficacy of COVID-19 Prevention?
Post Views: 273 In the study and treatment of infectious diseases like COVID-19 and HIV, understanding the role of antibodies is crucial. These specialised protein molecules, produced by the immune system, act as the body’s defence mechanism. They enhance its ability to fight bacterial and viral invaders by preventing them from attaching to and harming…
How do Polyclonal Antibodies work, and what are their uses?
Post Views: 1,102 Antibodies, also known as immunoglobulins (Ig), are essential components of our immune system. They fortify the body’s immune system to combat bacterial, viral, or antigenic infections and prevent them from impacting human cells. Antibodies are Y-shaped immunoglobulin molecules (Ig) produced by B lymphocytes or plasma cells that activate the primary response of…
An Overview of Monoclonal Antibodies and its Applications
Post Views: 1,929 Antibodies or immunoglobulins (Ig) are glycoproteins generated by differentiated B lymphocytes called plasma cells in response to susceptibility to antigens. The diversity of antibody responses to various target antigens is because of the gene recombination process in the hyper-variable areas of antibodies. Throughout the recombination technique in their genes, antibodies experience gene…
Causes, symptoms, treatment, and prevention of bacterial infection
Post Views: 2,193 When discussing gut infections, one often hears “good bacteria” and “bad bacteria”. The distinction is necessary, as not all bacteria are harmful. The gut needs good bacteria to digest food and to balance the load of harmful bacteria that can cause infections. Bacteria are single yet complex cells that do not depend…
Antibodies: Monoclonal and Polyclonal and their Differences
Post Views: 8,622 In the study and treatment of infectious diseases such as Covid-19 and Human Immunodeficiency Virus or HIV, one frequently hears the term “antibodies”. Antibodies are protein elements produced by the immune system. They fortify the human body’s defence mechanism to combat bacterial, viral diseases, or antigens and obstruct them from affecting human…