Monoclonal Antibodies Treatment

Abstract

EAntibodies are naturally produced by the immune system when it detects something harmful. Antibodies are the proteins which act to certain infection by attaching themselves to antigens. The synthetic antibodies are produced in the laboratory which act against proteins that attack normal tissues. Production of synthetic antibodies involves introducing human genes that produce antibodies into mice or any another suitable mammal and later those mice are vaccinated with the antigen for which antibodies are required to be produced, which leads to the production of desired human antibody by the immune cells of the mice. These synthetic antibodies which are produced in the lab are termed as monoclonal antibodies which are synthesized from cloned immune cells. The use of monoclonal antibodies in treating a disease is called immunotherapy where each type of monoclonal antibody is produced to target a specific antigen in the body