A condition in which the number of red blood cells is below normal. Drugs used to treat infection. Each antibody can bind only to a specific antigen. The purpose of this binding is to help destroy the antigen.
Antibodies can work in several ways, depending on the nature of the antigen.
Some antibodies disable antigens directly. Others make the antigen more vulnerable to destruction by white blood cells. Also used to lessen side effects that may be caused by some cancer treatments. The soft, sponge-like tissue in the center of large bones that produces white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets. The removal of a sample of tissue from the bone marrow with a needle for examination under a microscope.