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Group 4: “Lugue Kayo!”
Topic:
“Using antibody-antigen interaction for diagnostics and other purposes”
Members and Fields of Study:
Mark Louie Lugue – Scientific Interaction of Antigens and Antibodies Interaction Used in Diagnostics
James Pe Lim – Pros and Cons of this Biotechnology
Ria Iestin Corral – Antibody and Antigen Descriptions
Hessen Demil Jao – Interaction Used in Diagnostics
Johann Erin de Guzman – Interaction Used in diagnostics Other Applications of this Interaction
Leonardo Maria Del Rosario – Pros and Cons of this Biotechnology
Faye Hannah Ang – Antibody and Antigen Descriptions
Nikka Garperio – Scientific Interaction of Antigens and Antibodies Other Apllications of this Interaction
Patrick Dacudao – Scientific Interaction of Antigens and Antibodies
Table of Contents Descriptions 3 Antigen 3 Antibody 3 Summary 3 Relationships 4 Antigen-Antibody Interaction 4 Summary 4 Applications 4 Diagnostic Purposes 4 Sepsis Diagnosis Amplified by Whole Blood Chemiluminescence 4 Liver Damage Diagnosis 5 Other Applications 5 Study of Evolution 5 Passive Immunity 5
Descriptions
Antigen
Antibodies are gamma globulin proteins that are found in blood or other bodily fluids of vertebrates, and are used by the immune system to identify and neutralize foreign objects, such as bacteria and viruses. They are typically made of basic structural units—each with two large heavy chains and two small light chains—to form, for example, monomers with one unit, dimers with two units or pentamers with five units. Antibodies are produced by a kind of white blood cell called a plasma cell. There are several different types of antibody heavy chains, and several different kinds of antibodies, which are grouped into different isotypes based on which heavy chain