Unit 7 Discussion Assignment: Antibodies
Antibodies have been used in drug development in targeting specific tissues and part of the normal humoral immune response. Recently, new anti-cancer antibodies have been developed as a new type of chemotherapy agent.
- Identify a disease and describe how you could design a “drug” based on an antibody.
- Describe how this drug could enhance the immune response.
- Explain why this could be an effective treatment for that disease.
- Identify both, advantages and disadvantages, to this strategy.
Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.
This should be between 300-500 words.