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Quick questions on Vaccines and monoclonal antibodies: O-Level Applications in Medicine and Health
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What is making vaccines with biotechnology?Show answer
Biotechnology can produce the antigen safely without the dangerous whole pathogen:
What are monoclonal antibodies?Show answer
Monoclonal antibodies are identical antibodies produced from a single type of cell, so they are all specific to one particular target (antigen).
What is q1?Show answer
Explain how a vaccine leads to long-term immunity. [3 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
State what makes monoclonal antibodies so specific. [1 mark]
What is q3?Show answer
Give one use of monoclonal antibodies in diagnosis. [1 mark]
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