I take middle class to mean: - You own a home, can afford mortgage, insurance, taxes and upkeep - You can afford to raise a family (a middle class that does not reproduce it self is not sustainable. We should not have to live like monks.) - You can afford to send your kids to college (ok, maybe a state school, but still send to college)
Another monoclonal protein to be approved for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis is Rituxan. Like Remicade, it is a chimeric mouse/human monoclonal antibody that is given by intravenous infusion. Unlike Remicade, it attacks the B cells as opposed to TNF. Several new monoclonal antibodies are in the developmental stage to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other conditions. 1  Article. Enbrel Was the First Biologic Drug for Rheumatoid Arthritis. 2  Article. Cytokines Play a Significant Role in Inflammatory Response. 3  Up Next. Article. 4  Up Next. Article. 5  Up Next. Article.
Monoclonal antibodies are manufactured using a type of cell called a hybridoma. The hybridoma â which is engineered in the laboratory by fusing an antibody-producing immune cell called a B cell to a tumor cell â multiplies to produce a continuous supply of a specific antibody.The first efforts for monoclonal antibody cancer therapy were to find antibodies that would home in on tumors and bind to proteins on the surface of cancer cells,â explained physician-scientist David A. Scheinberg. âWe looked for unique proteins that were specific only to cancer cells.