Anti-coagulants: Those substances that do not allow blood to coagulate by preventing or postponing it. Taken as medicines, given to the people who have high risk of getting clot. Minimize the chance of facing serious situations of heart attack and strokes. Also called blood thinners. Are of three types: A) Anticoagulants in blood clotting prevention … Read more
Antibodies are produced ordinarily by infection or immunization in an animal in response to a single antigen. They are heterogenous as they are synthesized by several different clones of antigens, i.e. they are polyclonal. Such antisera contain immunoglobulins of different classes with specificities against different epitopes of the antigen. Principle Monoclonal antibodies are those which … Read more
Nutritional environment regulates the bacterial growth. When a bacterium inoculated in a suitable liquid medium is incubated, its growth leads to an increase in the number of bacterial cells which follows a definite course. When bacterial count of such culture is determined periodically and plotted, a curve is obtained i.e. called growth curve. The growth … Read more