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Anti-serum is the [[sera|sera]] from an [[immunised|immunised]] person (immunised from the [[antigen|antigen]] in interest). | |||
Anti-serum is the sera from an immunised person (immunised from the antigen in interest). | |||
It has many in the field of antibody-based techniques, the antibody produced against the antigen can then be purified and studied; anti-sera could also be used to immunise someone else. | It has many in the field of antibody-based techniques, the antibody produced against the antigen can then be purified and studied; anti-sera could also be used to immunise someone else. | ||
However, it does have it's limitations such as: | However, it does have it's limitations such as: | ||
*Once it has been purified, it would become [[polyclonal antibodies|polyclonal]] instead of [[Monoclonal_antibodies|monoclonal]]. | |||
*Once it has been used, someone new would have to be immunised over and over again. (They have overcome this issue by the creation of a [[hybrid myeloma|hybrid myeloma]]/[[B cell|B cell]]). | |||
Latest revision as of 12:02, 26 October 2018
Anti-serum is the sera from an immunised person (immunised from the antigen in interest).
It has many in the field of antibody-based techniques, the antibody produced against the antigen can then be purified and studied; anti-sera could also be used to immunise someone else.
However, it does have it's limitations such as:
- Once it has been purified, it would become polyclonal instead of monoclonal.
- Once it has been used, someone new would have to be immunised over and over again. (They have overcome this issue by the creation of a hybrid myeloma/B cell).