Q1
Antibodies
Instructions
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.
Q2
Antibodies
How do you determine if the drug will work?
How could the drug be improved?
If a family member has this disease, would you recommend them to take this drug? Why or why not?
Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.
Q3Please respond to the following questions based upon these course objectives:
Explain the significance of microbiology.
Descr
ibe microbial growth processes.
Examine the control of microbial growth.
Evaluate laboratory safety and aseptic technique.
Interpret experimental results.
Please answer the following questions with supporting examples and full explanations.
For each of the learning objectives, provide an analysis of how the course supported each objective.
Explain how the material learned in this course, based upon the objectives, will be applicable to a professional application.
Reflect back on your journey through this course and answer the following:
What are microbes and what is their relation to infectious disease?
What defenses does the human body have to combat infectious disease?
What are some treatments associated with the microbes that cause infectious disease?
What infectious disease in the Infectious Disease Profile Series intrigued you the most? Why?
What topic in the course did you find most interesting and applicable?
Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.