| The latest discoveries in medical
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| | Mabs is available through the ACA's web
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| technology are using certain antibodies
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| | site. In 2004 and in 2006, Bevacizumab, a
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| for cancer prevention. These medical
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| | naked antibody, was approved for treating
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| miracles are called monoclonal
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| | certain types of breast cancers.
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| antibodies, or "Mabs", and can be used to
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| | In 2001 the FDA approved the use of
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| help ward off all kinds of cancers. The
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| | Alemuzumab, a naked antibody, which acts
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| technology to aid doctors and nurses
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| | as a form of leukemia prevention by
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| fight cancer has only come about within
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| | attaching itself to both B and T cancer
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| the last several decades. Further
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| | cells, causing the body's immune system
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| research continually turns up more and
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| | to attack and kill them. In 2000, the FDA
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| more Mabs, providing hope for those who
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| | approved the use of a conjugated
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| have already developed cancer and for
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| | antibody, Gemtuzumab ozogamicin, which is
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| those who are trying to protect
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| | used in the treatment of chronic
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| themselves from it.
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| | leukemia.
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| The American Cancer Society's (AMC) web
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| | If you have lost someone to cancer or
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| site explains that monoclonal antibodies
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| | know someone suffering from cancer, it is
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| were first developed in laboratories
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| | not hard to understand how crucial
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| using mice with myeloma cells, which is a
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| | medical research is when it comes to
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| kind of bone marrow cancer, and mice that
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| | finding antibodies for cancer prevention.
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| produced specific antibodies for those
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| | The number of cancer victims continues to
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| cells. The combination of these two
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| | rise each year, hitting people of all
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| cells, called a hybridoma cell, forces a
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| | ages.
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| perpetual factory making antibodies.
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| | With the prolonged use and approval of
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| The antibodies end up being identical
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| | Mabs, these numbers may begin to decline,
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| clones of the original hybridoma cell,
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| | alleviating the fear everyone has about
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| which is why they are called monoclonal
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| | developing some form of the deadly
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| antibodies. The problem scientists faced
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| | disease. Diet and exercise will only help
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| with this phenomenal finding was that
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| | an individual a certain amount, leaving
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| human antibodies recognized the
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| | genetics and medical breakthroughs to do
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| mouse-produced antibodies as foreign
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| | the rest.
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| invaders and attacked them.
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| | By continuing to fine tune more
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| With hard work and dedication, scientists
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| | variations of antibodies for cancer
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| are continuing to develop ways to
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| | prevention, medicine as we know it today
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| integrate human antibodies in lieu of
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| | could be changed for the better in years
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| mouse antibodies so cancer patients will
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| | to come.
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| be able to use the immunotherapy as a
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| | Medicine has come a long way in the last
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| form of treatment.
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| | fifty years thanks to the help of
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| Today there are two types of Mabs, naked
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| | scientists and research laboratories.
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| and conjugated. The difference between
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| | Their combined efforts have aided
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| these two lies in the fact that naked
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| | individuals all over the world prevent
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| antibodies lack radioactive materials
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| | and treat life-threatening forms of
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| attached to them. Conjugated antibodies,
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| | cancer.
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| on the other hand, are fused with a
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| | Advancements in immunotherapy treatments
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| chemotherapy drug or other toxin used to
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| | that use antibodies for cancer
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| fight off cancer cells.
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| | prevention, combined with other
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| In recent years the Food and Drug
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| | cancer-deterring methods, are just a step
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| Administration (FDA) has approved several
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| | on the threshold for greater triumphs to
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| Mabs, both naked and conjugated, for
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| | help everyone live long and healthy
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| cancer treatments. A list of approved
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| | lives.
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