Diabetes -- chances are you know someone who has been affected by this disease. But, what is diabetes, medically speaking? The term diabetes can refer to a group of chronic diseases that occur when there are increased levels of blood…
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Using the ELISA to Detect West Nile Virus
Looking for a way to keep your immunology or virology lessons fresh? Consider teaching the lesson from a biomedical diagnostic point of view! Here, we describe how the West Nile Virus can be used to teach the Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (or ELISA). What…
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What is an antibody? Antibodies (also called immunoglobulins, or Igs) are specialized proteins that allow the immune system to distinguish between “self” and “non-self” proteins or polysaccharides. Antibody molecules comprise four linked polypeptide chains: two “heavy chains” and two “light…
