Blood Serum that contains antibodies based therapy for treating various diseases and medical conditions which the serum is a product that contains the implementation of a medical treatment. Serum therapy has been used for over a century to treat infectious diseases, and helped save countless lives. In this article, serum therapy, the history of Science and the applications, we will explore.
Serum therapy, the history of Survivor scientist Emil von Behring and Shibasaburo two Kitasato some of the same disease in other animals from infectious diseases that can protect you from the blood of animals contains the substances discovered that 19. extends until the end of the century. To these items an “antidote” gave the name of, and they found that serum from one animal to another of them can be transferred via.
Kitasato Behring and the study of animals injected with serum containing serum from patients to be spared from the same disease has led to the development of therapy. The first successful use of serum therapy, in the treatment of diphtheria is a bacterial infection that affects the throat and lungs which has been. Tetanus serum treatment rapidly, it has become a standard treatment for infectious diseases such as pneumonia and meningitis.
The basic principle of serum therapy is to provide antibodies which can neutralize infectious agents to the patient. Antibodies are proteins that are produced by the immune system in response to an infection. Recognize specific molecules on the surface of infectious agents such as bacteria or a virus and it marks them for destruction by the immune system and connects them. When the immune system produces antibodies against specific infectious agents, that agent's years, even a memory can last a lifetime that creates and provides long-lasting protection against future infections.
Serum quickly before it can do more damage to the patient to infectious agents by providing antibodies which can neutralize the previously created works. Serum, infused with the infectious agent same animals, usually horses, are collected. The immune systems of the animals, then saflastirila produces antibodies against the infectious agent from the blood and collected in large quantities.
The serum saflastirila later, depending on the specific disorder treatment, the patient intravenously or intramuscularly it is applied. Connects to the infectious agent and its antibodies in the serum by preventing the proliferation and spread that gives you time to form their own response to the patient's immune system. The antibodies in the serum also helps neutralize toxins produced by an infectious agent that reduces the severity of the patient's symptoms as any.
One of the most important advantages of serum treatment, particularly in the absence of an effective vaccine or a weakened immune system due to an immune response in cases where the patient is not able to create is that it can provide fast and effective protection against infectious diseases. Serum treatment, rabies, botulism, snake bites and infectious diseases, including Ebola virus disease, has been used successfully to treat.
However, there are limitations of serum therapy. One of the main challenges, especially in patients with a history of previously exposed to the same serum Serum is the potential for adverse reactions or allergies. Another challenge can be difficult and expensive to produce in large quantities, which is the limited availability of the serum.
To address these limitations, researchers genetically modified to produce large amounts of specific antibodies in serum such as the use of new methods of producing plants or animals have developed. New techniques have developed to purify and minimize the risk of adverse reaction in serum for testing.
Serum therapy, in addition to the use in infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases and has been used in the treatment of other medical conditions such as cancer. In these cases serum, the body contains antibodies that target specific cells or molecules that are involved in the disease process. For example, serum from patients with rheumatoid arthritis in the joints of patients with rheumatoid factor and the disease is called, contains antibodies that target a protein that is found. When applied to serum rheumatoid arthritis patients, the antibodies helps reduce inflammation and joint damage.

