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Why does not the host produce any immune response to antiserum antibodies?
When an antiserum is injected to a person to protect oneself from a certain disease, the antibodies in the antiserum come from another organism. The question is:
Why don't the injected antibodies ...
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How are antibodies designed?
Antibodies have the ability of recognising highly specific peptide sequences and bind it at their antigen-binding site.
This ability is harnessed as a tool in research to purify target structures in ...
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Do antibiotics attenuate immune response on subsequent exposure to same bacteria?
A healthy immune response to a bacterial infection includes "memory" to permit the body to thwart subsequent exposure to same bacteria. What are the dynamics of using antibiotics on initial exposure ...
