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Explain how Monoclonal Antibodies can be produced and how they can be used to target specific cells and chemicals.
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Rohit Gumber Explain how Monoclonal Antibodies can be produced and how they can be used to target specific cells and chemicals. Animals have the ability to recognise foreign and harmful molecules entering their bodies. Efforts are made to isolate and expel such foreign molecules. The immune system is the major defence mechanism against substances that have gained entry. A substance capable of initiating an adaptive immune response is called an "antigen". The body's reaction to the recognition of this antigen is to manufacture a protein called an antibody. An antibody, recognising an antigen, links to it by a series of chemical bonds. These bonds are individually very weak (non-covalent) but their number overcomes this weakness. The locking of an antibody and its antigen is a bit like the linking of enzymes and substrate. The combination of the two molecules sets in motion a series of events within the body, which results in...
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