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Antibodies

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A prerequisite to the study of antigens (from Greek anti = against, and gen = gignomai, to create, see Chap. 3) and antibodies is the production of antisera (immune sera), i.e., of sera that react specifically with antigens. In laboratory experiments, small animals, i.e., the rabbit, are used for the production of antisera. However, when it is necessary to produce therapeutic or diagnostic antisera on a large scale, larger animals are used — primarily the horse.

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  1. Otto G. Bier
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Bier, O.G., Götze, D. (1981). Antibodies. In: Fundamentals of Immunology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0116-5_4

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