#steemitschool - Monoclonal antibodies

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Welcome...

Hello and welcome to another #steemitschool blog. Today we are going to learn about Monoclonal antibodies. Let's begin...

What are they?

Monoclonal Antibodies are exactly the same as each other. Lots of clones of a single white blood cell produces them. Therefore, only one particular protein antigen is targeted.  This is what sets them apart from normal antibodies which are produced by B-Lymphocytes. 

What is a B-lymphocyte?

A B-lymphocyte is a sort of white blood cell that does not divide very easily. A hybridoma cell can potentially be made by fusing a tumour cell with a mouse B-lymphocyte. 

Hybridoma cells 

These type of cells can undergo cloning to make many replicated (identical) cells and antibodies, which can be collected and purified. 

Why are Monoclonal Antibodies useful?

Monoclonal antibodies can be attached to any kind of cell you wish. This means that they can be used to connect to a specifically targeted cell/chemical within the body.

Here is a video to summarise everything...

(Credit: Youtube/ Freesciencelessons)

Thanks for reading.

All of the information displayed within this blog has been sourced from an AQA Biology text book.

Hope you all are having a great week,

Jonathan.

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      ·  7 years ago 

    this was interesting to know the video helped a lot to know more :)

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        ·  7 years ago 

      Thank you. The video is made by an awesome youtube channel called freesciencelessons. They cover a wide range of scientific content.

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          ·  7 years ago 

        Thank you very much, I will watch the video to get more informations

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            ·  7 years ago 

          Your welcome! The video is very useful. If you search freesciencelessons on Youtube you will find a variety of useful videos on loads of different science topics. :)

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              ·  7 years ago 

            look interesting

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              Thank you!

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