Biology A-Level
animal use in production and testing
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Production and testing of vaccines usually involve animals, and mice are used to produce the cells for monoclonal antibodies.
Topics that use animal use in production and testing
- Cell recognition and the immune system (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- active immunity
- agglutination
- antibody
- antigen
- antigen-antibody complex
- antigen-presenting cell
- antigens in vaccines
- Collapse of the specific response
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