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Antibiotics, culturing microorganisms and monoclonal antibodies

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Question 17

Cardiac Troponin I (cTnIcTnIcTnI) is a structural protein biomarker uniquely found in cardiac muscle tissue. Following a myocardial infarction (heart attack), cTnI cTnI\,cTnI is released into the blood. Rapid diagnostic test strips utilise monoclonal antibodies to detect cTnI cTnI\,cTnI and confirm cardiac damage.

Explain why monoclonal antibodies designed to detect cTnI cTnI\,cTnI will not bind to Skeletal Troponin I (sTnIsTnIsTnI), a closely related protein isoform released during skeletal muscle trauma.

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