| Dedication and perseverance are the tools
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| | conjugated, for cancer treatments.
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| used in the last thirty years to develop
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| | A list of approved Mabs is available
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| and approve antibodies for cancer
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| | through the ACA's web site. In 2004 and
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| prevention. Monoclonal antibodies, or
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| | in 2006, Bevacizumab, a naked antibody,
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| "Mabs", have been the result of medical
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| | was approved for treating certain types
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| researchers' long and laborious hours
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| | of breast cancers. In 2001 the FDA
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| behind microscopes, hoping to perfect the
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| | approved the use of Alemuzumab, a naked
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| use of these cancer-fighting cells for
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| | antibody, which acts as a form of
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| doctors all over the world.
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| | leukemia prevention by attaching itself
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| What their discoveries have done for
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| | to both B and T cancer cells, causing the
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| cancer patients is tremendous, especially
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| | body's immune system to attack and kill
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| since the number of individuals within
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| | them. In 2000, the FDA approved the use
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| the United States diagnosed with some
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| | of a conjugated antibody, Gemtuzumab
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| form of cancer continue to rise each
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| | ozogamicin, which is used in the
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| year. By using Mabs, doctors and medical
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| | treatment of chronic leukemia.
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| practitioners will have one more weapon
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| | Each year cancer claims thousands of
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| to use against the silent, yet deadly
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| | victims. Findings from the Pharmaceutical
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| killer known as cancer.
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| | Research and Manufacturer of America show
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| The American Cancer Society's (AMC) web
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| | that more than 200,000 women will be
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| site explains that monoclonal antibodies
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| | diagnosed with breast cancer, close to
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| were first developed in laboratories
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| | 150,000 men and women will be diagnosed
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| using mice with myeloma cells, which is a
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| | with colorectal cancer and over 30,000
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| kind of bone marrow cancer, and mice that
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| | men will die from prostate cancer this
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| produced specific antibodies for those
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| | year. Given these numbers, it is not hard
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| cells. The combination of these two
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| | to understand why the use and continual
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| cells, called a hybridoma cell, forces a
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| | research of Mabs is critical to our
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| perpetual factory making antibodies. The
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| | society.
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| antibodies end up being identical clones
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| | The recent approval of a vaccine used to
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| of the original hybridoma cell, which is
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| | protect women from the Human Papilloma
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| why they are called monoclonal
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| | Virus, a known link to the development of
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| antibodies.
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| | cervical cancer, demonstrates that
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| The problem scientists faced with this
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| | research laboratories are on the brink of
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| phenomenal finding was that human
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| | helping find more antibodies for cancer
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| antibodies recognized the mouse-produced
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| | prevention, providing hope that the
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| antibodies as foreign invaders and
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| | number of cancer patients will begin to
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| attacked them. With hard work and
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| | decline.
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| dedication, scientists are continuing to
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| | Success often outweighs the failures that
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| develop ways to integrate human
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| | scientists and pharmaceutical researchers
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| antibodies in lieu of mouse antibodies so
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| | experience when trying to successfully
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| cancer patients will be able to use the
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| | find treatments for cancer and other
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| immunotherapy as a form of treatment.
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| | deadly diseases. The triumphs experienced
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| Today there are two types of Mabs, naked
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| | within the last several decades have come
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| and conjugated. The difference between
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| | in the form of antibodies for cancer
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| these two lies in the fact that naked
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| | prevention. The Mabs that have received
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| antibodies lack radioactive materials
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| | approval by the FDA are now being used in
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| attached to them. Conjugated antibodies,
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| | the healing of cancer patients all over
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| on the other hand, are fused with a
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| | the world. As time goes by, these
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| chemotherapy drug or other toxin used to
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| | treatments will be further developed and
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| fight off cancer cells. In recent years
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| | perfected, helping lead the way in cancer
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| the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
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| | protection and treatment for generations
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| has approved several Mabs, both naked and
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| | to come.
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