Defence against disease

In this section (IB Topic 6.3 )

- First line of defense: skin and mucus membranes

- Blood clots

- Phagocytes (neutrophils, monocytes, macrophages, mast cells and dendritic cells)

- Immune response: antigens and lymphocytes (B and T cells)

- Antivirals, antibiotics and resistance

- HIV and the helper T-cells

Vocabulary

6.3_Vocabulary.pdf

Immune system

Immune response

Immunity

Antibiotics

Super-bacteria: antibiotic resistance

In a Poor Kenyan Community, Cheap Antibiotics Fuel Deadly Drug-Resistant InfectionsOveruse of the medicines is not just a problem in rich countries. Throughout the developing world antibiotics are dispensed with no prescription required.

HIV: a retrovirus

In this section (IB Topic 11.1)

- Antigens in red blood cells

- Histamines and allergies

- Specific immune response

- Antibodies

- Vaccination and immunity

- Eradication of disease: smallpox

- Zoonosis

- Hybridoma cells and monoclonal antibodies

- Pregnancy testing

11.1_Vocabulary.pdf

Antibody production.pdf

11.1_Defense-against-infectious-disease.pdf

Monoclonal_preg_testing_Slides.pdf

monoclonal_antibody_production.pdf

CROSSWORD ON 11.1

11.1_Vaccination

11.1_OnlineResources_Weblinks

monoclonal_antibody_use_worksheet.pdf

Antibody_production_Worksheet.pdf

Vaccination_ratesib_style_qn_Worksheet.pdf

monoclonal_antibody_production_worksheet.pdf

Vaccination_worksheet.pdf

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Fungi have enormous potential for new antibioticsFungi are a potential goldmine for the production of pharmaceuticals. This is shown by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, who have developed a method for finding new antibiotics from nature's own resources. The findings—which could prove very useful in the battle against antibiotic resistance—were recently published in the journal Nature Microbiology.

Monoclonal antibodies and the transformation of blood typingToday, when monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have become one of the most important classes of therapeutic drugs, it is easy to forget how much they have transformed our healthcare in other ways. One of the first clinical areas, as this paper shows, where ...

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