The proteins contained in foreign invaders which antibodies lock onto to neutralize are called what?
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A cadaver tendon will be used to surgically repair one of my tendons. Is this the same as a heart transplant, where you then have to take pills to stop your body from rejecting the foreign tissue?
What you are talking about is an allograft (Greek allos = "other") from another individual. Before you receive the cadaver tissue as a graft, it will have been subjected to...
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When does your body make antibodies? What activates the body to make antibodies or are they continually being produced?
Antibodies are not constantly being produced. Their production begins during an . T-lymphocytes interact with a pathogen's antigen, typically in the blood. They mature into either killer cells, which...
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Is phagocytosis the general name for the engulfing of a foreign body? Does that mean both monocytes and phagocytes can perform phagocyosis?
Phagocytosis is the term used for the engulfing of a foreign body by a cell of the immune system. There are different cells that can perform phagocytosis such as monocytes,...
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What are the expected clumping results when each type of blood is mixed with each antibody? The antibodies are Anti-A, Anti-B, and Anti-Rh. How do I know if the different blood types (A+, A-, B+, B-, etc) clump with any of the antibodies?
Agglutination of blood types takes place as follows: A+ - Agglutination with Anti-A and Anti-Rh. No agglutination with Anti-B. A- - Agglutination with Anti-A. No agglutination with Anti-B and...
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Why is sperm not considered as an antigen even though it is foreign to the woman's body?
To tell in a simple sentence as because they don't come in contact with their blood,and it is the same reason why sperm itself foreign to the male's body doesn't...
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How can type AB blood receive from O, because O has A and B antibodies? Wouldn't the O's A and B antibodies attack the A and B antigens in the AB recipient blood?
While the best transfusion option is always the same blood group, this is not always possible. The O group (universal donor) is called so because of its ability to be...
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Why are detergents required to extract integral membrane proteins, but not peripheral membrane proteins?
Extrinsic or peripheral proteins are held loosely in the membrane , their removal is easy. They can be Removed simply by changing the pH. Intrinsic proteins are deeply embedded in...
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Why are all enzymes are proteins, but not all proteins are enzymes?
Proteins are biological macromolecules that are diverse in shape size and function. Enzymes are molecules that facilitate reactions in a living cell without undergoing too much change i.e....
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What is the difference between channel proteins and carrier proteins?
Channel are fixed where as carrier proteins frequently flip between two shapes.
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What is the function of vesicles in the synthesis of proteins and the release of those proteins outside the cell?
Proteins produced by ribosomes on the rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER) either embed in to membranes (integral membrane proteins) or enter the lumen of the RER. The latter proteins can then...
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