1. What is the theory behind antibody therapy?
1. 抗体疗法的理论基础是什么?
A person's immune system makes antibodies to attack germs such as bacteria or viruses, but it will not attack neuroblastoma because the tumor is part of our own bodies. An antibody that attaches to neuroblastoma can be made in a laboratory and then given intravenously to a patient. This antibody will circulate in the bloodstream until it finds and attaches to a neuroblastoma cell. And then the patient's own immune system will attack and kill that neuroblastoma cell.
人体免疫系统会产生抗体去攻击细菌或病毒,但抗体不会去攻击神经母细胞瘤(Neuroblastoma,以下简称NB),因为肿瘤是我们身体的一部分。 然而一种可附着于NB细胞的抗体可以在实验室中制造出来然后静脉注射给患者。这种抗体会在血液系统中循环直到它找到并附着在NB细胞上。然后患者自身的免疫系统就会攻击并杀死NB的细胞。