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Sun 6 Mar, 2005 06:56 pm - but we could screen for HIV/Hepatitis....
well...squinney's got it right in a way....its just that obtaining antibodies to the virus and not just small amts of the virus itself seems a lil... (view)
Sun 6 Mar, 2005 06:18 pm - No you silly!!! you take blood from an immune individual, spin it down in a centrifuge so that you can collect the non-cellular component of the blood (which includes antibodies) called the serum.... (view)
Sun 6 Mar, 2005 05:58 pm - passive immunity is adaptive immunity obtained by the transfer of immune products (antibodies or sensitized t-cells) from an immune individual to a non-immune individual.
If interested, look up... (view)
Sun 6 Mar, 2005 05:38 pm - with respect to the flu. I know we've done passive immunization studies with mice...
lets say my roommate gets over the flu and so now he has the antibodies to defeat it if it hit him again.... (view)
