Lec 28 MIT 7 014 Introductory Biology Spring 2005

Description: , you have memory cells that know how to recognize the chickenpox virus. And then when your kid gets chickenpox like mine did, I didn't get sick because I had memory cells that were able to recognize that. OK, so what happens if you get an antibody? How does this help the organism, or in our case someone like you or me, avoid getting sick? So there are a couple of strategies. One we might think of is bind and block. For example, you are a virus and you get covered by antibodies. Viruses: ...