Antibodies and antigens find each other because they move around so quickly, and glom on when they do find each other.

Is this true love? Probably not. Once an antigen is tagged by an antibody, a lymphocyte arrives and eats it.

There is probably a different antibody for every different antigen.

Do you think we are we born with the full supply of antibodies?

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