No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript. Monoclonal antibodies are novel therapeutic agents used with great success in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Antivenom (often spelled “antivenin”) is an antibody product that can disable a particular venom’s toxins. If injected quickly after a bite or sting, the antibodies in antivenom neutralize the venom, ...

Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, led by Dr. Julie McElrath, Director of the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, have found a new way to train our immune system to make antibodies ...

This is because some drugs work in more than one way and belong to more than one group. Checkpoint inhibitors are also described as a type of monoclonal antibody or targeted treatment. Our immune ...

‘Mono’ means one and 'clone' means identical copy. Monoclonal antibodies are, therefore, identical copies of one type of antibody. Antibodies bind to specific antigens on pathogens. This means ...

Antibodies bind to specific antigens on pathogens. This means that only one type of antibody will bind to a matching antigen. Scientists discovered that we could make antibodies to bind to ...