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Cytotoxicity is the quality of being toxic to cells. Examples of toxic agents are a chemical substance or an immune cell. Cytotoxicity can be measured by the MTT assay, Trypan blue assay, Sulforhodamine B assay, WST assay and clonogenic assay. Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity describes the cell-killing ability of certain lymphocytes, which requires the target cell being marked by an antibody. Lymphocyte-mediated cytotoxicity, on the other hand, does not have to...
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Can anyone tell me what's the difference between hemotoxic and cytotoxic venom ?????
I've heard that hemotoxic venom destroys body tissues.But I've also heard similar effects about cytotoxic...

Any viper will have hemotoxic venom. It also destroys the heart as the death blow. Vipers likely contain cytotoxins as well, destroying cells (tissue.) I don't know of cytotoxic snakes...

Asked by Real_fantasy - 1 month ago

why does the body make antibodies to viruses when the body kills the virus with...
what is the purpose of the antibodies?

for fighting viruses, antibodies have only a small role in immunity. viruses when they first invade the body are extracellular, so they are dealt with using antibodies. then they invade...

Asked by Little D - 2 months ago


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