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monoclonal antibody drugs
The drug Stelara is a FDA monoclonal antibody that is used to primarily treat Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, psoriasis, and psoriatic arthritis (1). Monoclonal antibodies are made by identical immune calls that are all clones of a unique parent cell (3). These will bind to the same part of an antigen as its parent cell…
Dendritic and T cell therapy
Our immune system is the top notch defense against bacteria and viruses trying to invade our bodies everyday. We have so many cells within our immune system all with different roles but all equally as important. Dendritic cells are part of the first line defense, when PRRs are activated the dendritic cells become professional antigen…
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