Antigen-antibody reaction is an immunological reaction in which a particular antibody molecule reacts with a specific antigen to form an antigen-antibody complex which is marked for further immunological response by other components of the immune system. It can occur inside a living organism (i.e. in vivo reaction) and it can also occur outside the host […]
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Antigen is any substance or molecule that can trigger an immune response in an animal. An antigen is basically anything that is foreign to the body and which can react specifically with an antibody. An understanding of the basic characteristics of antigens and/or pathogens that spark immunological response in the body is vital for us
Immunology is simply defined as the study of how the immune system of a living organism functions in either a disease condition or a healthy state. It is the study of how an organism responds to foreign bodies (antigens) that it comes in contact with in the environment, and its differentiation from the body’s own
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Immunology & Immune System