Monoclonal antibodies


	Monoclonal antibodies
	Advantages They only bind to specific cells, meaning healthy cells are not affected. They can be engineered to treat many different conditions. We are now able to produce mouse-human hybrid cells to reduce the chance of triggering an immune response	Disadvantages It is difficult to attach monoclonal antibodies to drugs. They are expensive to develop As they were produced from mice lymphocytes, they often triggered an immune response when used in humans
	Evaluation

They only bind to specific cells, meaning healthy cells are not affected.
They can be engineered to treat many different conditions.
We are now able to produce mouse-human hybrid cells to reduce the chance of triggering an immune response

It is difficult to attach monoclonal antibodies to drugs.
They are expensive to develop
As they were produced from mice lymphocytes, they often triggered an immune response when used in humans

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