Microbes in Medicine
Humira as a Monoclonal Antibody Treatment
Humira, otherwise known as Adalimumab, is a quite popular monoclonal antibody treatment used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, Crohn’s disease, plaque psoriasis, and ankylosing spondylitis. Monoclonal antibodies derive from the B cells of laboratory animals injected with an antigen. Once the immune response occurs, B cells of the animal are isolated and mixed with…
Serology Testing in the Wake of Coronavirus
Serology tests have become the thing most people are talking about. Why? Because this is finally people’s pass to go back to work or mandate to stay home, or so they think. Serology tests looks for signs of an immune response by detecting antibodies for a particular pathogen, in this case COVID-19. Some tests are…
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