BIOL 459 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Humoral Immunity, Blood Type, Bone Marrow
16 Jan 2018
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Leads to formation of antibodies/ memory cells. Outbreaks are sporadic due to lack of susceptible individuals. Immunizing the majority of those that can will help protect those that cannot get vaccines. Virus-like particles (do not contain viral dna) Used for children w/ poor immune response. What are mabs? the protein antigen encoded in. Protein antigens carried to the red bone marrow stimulates immunity. Reverse vaccinology for development of cellular immunity. Chemical additives added to vaccines to improve effectiveness. Alum is only approved adjuvant in us. Sensitivity is the probability that the test is reactive if the specimen is a true positive. Specificity is the probability that a positive test will not be reactive if a specimen is a true. Immortal cancerous b cell combined w/ an antibody-producing normal b cell. Uniform, highly specific and produced in large quantities. Used in diagnostic tools and human therapy. Treat allergic asthma that prevents the bindng of lge on mast cells and basophils.
