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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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What is it called when phagocytes destroy pathogens?

I'm not sure if you're looking for a more specific answer, but phagocytes engluf pathogens and wastes via phagocytosis.

Why is tetunus jab effective?

it helps fight diseases and helps prevent, fight and cure infections from a cut or graze or knee.

Tetanus is an immunisation injection against the disease lockjaw (Tetanus). It works by purposefully infecting the recipient with dead cells of the Tetanus virus. This teaches the antibodies in the blood to recognise the virus and attack it. Once the antibodies have seen the virus they make a far more concerted effort to overwhelm and kill it off before it becomes a medical risk to the patient. The Tetanus virus works very quickly and would soon kill an un-immunised person, therefore as a safety precaution a booster is used to refresh the memory of the antibodies from time to time and make them much more aggressive toward the pathogen.

How monoclonal antibody are produced?

by the help of hybridoma technology. single type of B cell which is sensitized with single epitope of antigen fysed with a myeloma cell. then that fused cell produce single type of antibody....that is monoclonal antibody.....

Which one is bigger albumin or gamma globulin?

Globulin molecule is much bigger than an albumin molecule.

Reference: http://www.crlcorp.com/testDetails.cfm?facilityID=ILS&testID=129

Specifically what type of lymphocyte matures and develops with the thymus?

Though they also mature in other tissues,T-Lymphocytes mostly mature in the thymus gland. They begin their development, much like other leukocytes in red bone marrow. Often they are referred to as T cells. They are a very important part of the body's immune system. When out T cell count is low, we can develop opportunistic diseases and even die.

What does MiB-1 stand for is it the same as ki-67or is it a antibody against ki-67?

Ki-67 is an antigen. The presence or absence of this antigen is tested utilizing MIB-1 antibody. What I would like to know is what does Ki and MIB-1 actually stand for? i.e. acronyms for?

Who is Anna O'Conner?

If you mean Anna O'Connor, She's the Founder of Anna's Hope(Charity fund research for a cure for those many precious children presently suffering from neuroblastoma)

She was diagnosed with Stage IV, high risk Neuroblastoma at age 17, just prior to her senior year at Wheaton North High School. She has endured multiple rounds of chemotherapy, major surgery to remove the primary abdominal tumor, many rounds of radiation and has participated in numerous clinical trials including a high-dose radioactive isotope infusion (MIBG), monoclonal anti-bodies (3f8), a next generation targeted chemo (ABT-751), a newly engineered biological compound (CEP-701), another oral formulation, Fenretinide XLS, and rapamycin and sunitinib. Having progressed on Irinotecan & Temador, she's recently completed a trial using MIBG-Ultratrace and then was placed on an antiangiogenic called Thalidomide combined with a chemo, Temodar. Anna is enrolled in an adult clinical trial taking pf02341066, an ALK inhibitor and was on this breakthrough medicine for over a year. She is currently on a cytoxan/zometa/Avastin combination. Although still plagued by disease, spreading from several bones to her lungs, liver and multiple sites in her abdomen, she has graduated with her B.A. in Psychology from Wheaton College near her home in Wheaton, Illinois.

What does Active immunity means?

the immunity that results from the production of antibodies by the immune system in response to the presence of an antigen.

Why is the number of vaccines increased?

As scientific understanding advances, new vaccines are developed for previously endemic diseases. For example, anyone over the age of twenty probably experienced Chicken Pox when growing up. However, since 1995 a vaccine has been available for this childhood disease, and resulting deaths have decreased by over 60% during the first decade of use, despite only 25% to 75% being immunized.

What do the results of a full blood haemogram mean?

There are many different tests that can be performed on a sample of your blood. No one sample ever received all those tests. so the meaning of your blood results depends on what tests were done, how old you are, whether you are male or female, and, sometimes, what race your are.

Ask you doctor to explain the meaning of your results.

Why is xenograft rejected?

When a body receives an organ or cell from a different specie, the immune system of the hosting body identifies it as a foreign agent.

What can you soak your nails in to make them grow?

You don't neccesarily soak it in anything but what you can do is put on nail polish and leave it(perferbly sally hansen maxium growth). If it strips, remove the polish. if the nail breaks, cut it immediately. try to put on a coat every two days. don't submerge the nails in water too long. water causes the nail to weaken and break. Try not to bite them if they break. The saliva may damage the nail. You'll have perfect, good looking nails in no time.

Can hand sanitizer make your immune system weak?

yes hand sanstizer can make your immune system weak it depresses ur body and your skin it makes your immune system weak and bored because HS is always killing the germs first