Antibody treatment is a type of therapy that is used to
treat certain types of cancer and immune disorders. Antibodies are proteins
which are naturally formed by the body in response to a foreign substance,
known as an antigen. Antibodies can also be grown outside of the patient’s body
and injected into them to help aid the immune system to fight disease. These
types of antibodies are typically called monoclonal antibodies because they are
created to target one specific antigen.Herceptin and Av anti, two widely used
cancer fighting drugs, are examples of monoclonal antibodies. Monoclonal
antibodies can be generated for human use without mice by using in vitro
techniques. MAbs manufactured using these methods do not suffer from the
drawbacks related to the anti human antibody response. Animal
protection groups fought for years to end production in mice because it causes
intense suffering for the animals that includes severe abdominal pain,
difficulty breathing and death.
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