Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Outline the different types of cell-mediated immune responses
• Describe the steps employed in the generation of antibodies in an organism
• Explain the interactions between an antibody and an antigen
• Discuss the steps in the immunoprecipitation assay procedure
• Lay out the steps of the ‘sandwich ELISA assay’ procedure
• List the steps in the monoclonal antibody production process
• Compare the two types of antibody-antigen interactions