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Q: What are antibodies?
A: Antibodies are proteins that stick
to and recognize specific foreign objects, which are usually proteins
of pathogens. An antibody only binds with
a specific antigen, just as a key will only
fit a certain lock. The proteins, by being tagged by these antibodies,
are marked for destruction by other components of the immune system.
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