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Immune System
This category is for questions about how our bodies identify and fight off disease, infection or pathogens through specialized cells, tissues and organs. The system that does this is called the immune system. It produces antibodies which recognize intruders and neutralizes potentially pathogenic organisms or substances.
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Is there antibodies in a packed RBC of type b when transfused to type AB?
it is very boring to answer the silly question bye
Name of the enzymes used in ELISA technique?
Horse radish peroxidase, alkaline phaosphatase and beta-D-galactosidase are widely used as labels in the development of enzyme immunoassays (EIAs). Enzyme beta-lactamase, though introduced as a label in late seventies has not yet become very popular inspite of having the necessary features of an enzyme to be used in EIAs.
Antibodies are special immune system cells that are matched to a specific virus. Once they attach to the virus, it is neutralized as a threat. Your body has to learn how to make antibodies for each virus it encounters, that is what vaccines are used for.
I've read that raw carrots and carrot juice are good. Also, cabbage & broccoli are very good. The main thing is to eat them raw or freshly juiced. This maintains most of the nutrients.
What are the structures of the immune system?
- the structure of the immune system is not held within a certain structure
What is the role of antigens in the immune response to chickenpox?
The antigens cause an immune response leading to production of antibodies thereby causing the host to be resistant to subsequent infection
Examples of Sensory motor skills caused by MS?
I assume you're talking about Multiple Sclerosis. However, I wasn't aware that MS caused sensory motor skills. It can cause certain problems with motor skills, I guess, but it does not cause motor skills themselves.
What should you do if you swallow a nail with nailpollish on it?
It shouldn't do much but upset your stomach. It really depends on how much you ingested. If it's a large amount, maybe call poison control and see if they say anything major should be done about it.
What is the different between polyclonal antibody and antiserum?
polyclonal antobody is the antibody produced for many or non specific antigens but antiserum is the antibody for a specific antigen
Use of immune system to counteract the destruction of cancer cells is known as?
biotherapy/immunotherapy
An immune response to a tissue graft will differ from an immune response to a bacterium because?
MHC molecules of the host may stimulate rejection of the graft tissue :]
What does aids do to a person's immune system?
AIDS attacks the T cells and makes it difficult for the person's immune system to work.
Aids trick the T cells in the immune system and stops them from working and protecting the body from other viruses.
So it could be said that the actual disease AIDS doesn't not kill people, (well, some) but mostly the other viruses that the body would of otherwise fought off, are the ones that kills us.
AIDS ITSELF DOES NOT KILL US. what it does to our body allows other viruses to do that.
High lymphocytes and low auto neutrophils count in blood means what?
low neutrophils means what and what do they do to help get the number up
memory cells
What is the extra toenail on my small toe called and why do some people have it?
It's not an extra toenail. It looks like one, but it's really a corn. It's called a "Lister Corn" and it develops on the outer corner of the nail, usually from pressure and friction on that spot. The main cause is that by the time most of us reach adulthood, our toes have become slightly deformed from a lifetime of walking in shoes. Stand up and look straight down at your feet, you may notice that your pinky toe has curled so that you're putting a lot of pressure on the outer corner of the toe/nail.
I don't think there's much treatment for it except moisturizer and exfoliating...if it's really severe, I guess they can do surgery to fix the shape of the toe.
My leukocyte Esterace ua came indicating I have a moderate amount in my urine. Will my doctor prescribe an antibiotic?
diabetes
How does chronic stress effect a horses immune system?
Stress in other mammals is the same of that in humans.
How do you become immune to mumps?
Mumps are caused due to a virus attack on the salivary glands and the disease appears in about 2 weeks after exposure to the virus.
Maintain proper oral hygiene and clean the mouth with an antiseptic wash.
Take foods items rich in vitamin C or vitamin C supplements and nutritious diet with lot of fruits to boost immunity.
Mast cells release histamines which will dilate small blood vessels during inflammation. They are scattered throughout the connective tissues of the body, especially beneath the surface of the skin, near blood vessels and lymphatic vessels, within nerves, throughout the respiratory system, and in the digestive and urinary tracts.
