Build a Monoclonal Antibody Task
Step 1: Pick a Scenario
Step 2: Choose your monoclonal antibody
Step 3: Accessorise your antibody
Develop an antibody for each scenario then look at the answer table to check the result.
Scenario A: Your antibody binds to the tumour and makes it glow. The patient is not
helped by this.
Scenario B: Your antibody binds to the blood vessel wall with a fluorescent dye attached,
enabling you to get a good look at it.
Scenario C: Your antibody binds to harmless bacteria and glows. This gives false-positive
result for chlamydia.
Scenario A: Your antibody binds to the tumour and kills it without harming the patient
Scenario B: Your antibody binds to the blood vessel wall and kills its cells.
Scenario C: Your antibody binds to harmless bacteria and kills them. This does not tell you
whether the sample had chlamydia in it.
Scenario A: Your antibody binds to the tumour but does nothing. The patient is not helped
by this.
Scenario B: Your antibody binds to the blood vessel wall but you don’t see anything.
Scenario C: Your antibody binds to harmless bacteria but you don’t see anything.
Scenario A: The antibody does not bind to anything.
Scenario B: Your antibody binds to the blood vessel wall with a fluorescent dye attached,
enabling you to get a good look at it.
Scenario C: The antibody binds to chlamydia and glows. This antibody can detect the
presence of chlamydia in a sample.
Scenario A: The antibody does not bind to anything.
Scenario B: Your antibody binds to the blood vessel wall and kills its cells.
Scenario C: The antibody binds to chlamydia cells and kills them, but this does not tell you
whether or not there was chlamydia in the sample.
Scenario A: The antibody does not bind to anything.
Scenario B: Your antibody binds to the blood vessel wall but you don’t see anything.
Scenario C: Your antibody binds to chlamydia but you do not see anything. This does not
tell you whether the sample has chlamydia in it.
Scenario A: Your antibody binds to both the tumour and the healthy cells, and makes
them glow. The patient is not helped by this.
Scenario B: Your sample binds to red blood cells and makes them glow. Unfortunately, it
wasn’t red blood cells you were looking for.
Scenario C: Your antibody binds to harmless bacteria and glows. This gives false-positive
result for chlamydia.
Scenario A: Your antibody binds to both the tumour and the healthy cells, harming both.
Scenario B: Your antibody binds to red blood cells and kills them. This does not help you
to see the blood vessel cell walls.
Scenario C: Your antibody binds to harmless bacteria and kills them. This does not tell you
whether the patient’s sample had chlamydia in it.
Scenario A: Your antibody binds to both the tumour and the healthy cells, but does
nothing. The patient is not helped by this.
Scenario B: Your antibody binds to red blood cells and does nothing
Scenario C: Your antibody binds to harmless bacteria but you don’t see anything.