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Tocilizumab and Monoclonal Antibodies
Toculizumab is a monoclonal antibody drug used to treat specific types of arthritis. Monoclonal antibodies are a specific type of man-made antibody used to fight disorders that typically target the immune system. When the immune system responds to an antigen, a dendritic cell will engulf and break apart the antigen into different peptide fragments and…
Antibody Response to COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2, also known as COVID-19, is the novel coronavirus that has been wreaking havoc worldwide. The virus is a zoonotic, enveloped RNA virus from the Betacoronavirus family. In order to understand the antibody response to the virus, we first need to understand the structure of the pathogen because that highly influences the way in which…
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