EVERYDAY SCIENCE

SCIENCE

VIRUS AND BACTERIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What are antibodies?
A
What increases the growth of bacteria
B
What limits the growth of other bacteria
C
Makes you sick
D
Protein that gets rid of what’s making you sick
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The acquired immune system, with help from the innate system, makes special proteins (called antibodies) to protect your body from a specific invader. These antibodies are developed by cells called B lymphocytes after the body has been exposed to the invader.

Detailed explanation-2: -When antibodies attach to an antigen (think a lock–key configuration), it signals other parts of the immune system to attack and destroy the invaders. This is how the human body develops immunity (acquired) to a particular disease.

Detailed explanation-3: -Antibodies that recognise the body’s own proteins, instead of proteins from infectious microbes, can cause harm. In autoimmune diseases, such as lupus, multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis, people produce antibodies that stick to their body’s own proteins and attack healthy cells.

Detailed explanation-4: -Antibodies are proteins that protect you when an unwanted substance enters your body. Produced by your immune system, antibodies bind to these unwanted substances in order to eliminate them from your system.

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