Medical applications
What Medical applications means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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The purified antibody can then be used safely in medical diagnosis, research or treatment, because contaminants could affect results or cause unwanted effects in patients.
Potential uses such as treating conditions including diabetes or paralysis, for example by making insulin-producing cells or nerve cells.
Topics that use Medical applications
- Producing monoclonal antibodies (AQA GCSE)
- Stem cells (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Cloning
- adult stem cells
- Antigen-antibody specificity
- Cell nucleus transfer
- clone
- Clones
- Conservation
- Differentiation
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