What are Antibodies?
Posted in Nuts and Bolts, Basics of Immunity on January 7th, 2009 8 Comments »
We’ve all heard about them: Antibodies are those “things” that protect us from infection. But not many of us have a really good grip on what they look like, where they come from, or how they work.
Antibodies are large, protein molecules composed of four polypeptide chains (two identical heavy chains and two identical light chains). […]