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| What is the difference between serum vs plasma? |
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Serum is obtained by allowing blood to clot, and is the fluid left after the clot is separated
Plasma is obtained by spinning a blood sample down to separate from cells, will contain clotting proteins that serum does not |
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Definition
| inactivated bacterial toxin |
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True or False
Antigens can only be recognized by B cell receptors |
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Definition
False
Both B & T cell receptors |
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Cancer vaccines are ____
(prophylactic / therappeutic) |
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Definition
therapeutic
(They are aimed at treating a 'challenge' that the immune system is already facing) |
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B cells are associated with _____ antigens
(extracellular / intracellular) |
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C cells are associated with _____ antigens
(extracellular / intracellular) |
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| What diseases have been eradicated by vaccination? |
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Definition
Small Pox
Rinderpest (cattle virus) |
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| What are the three major barriers that protect the body against microbial invasion? |
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Definition
Physcal barriers (skin)
Innate immunity (inflammation/lysozymes)
Adaptive immunity (B cells, T cells) |
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| Cell-mediated immunity is associated with what types of cells? |
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Definition
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| Component of adaptive immunity. Consist of memory cells and antibody-producing cells |
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