You may have heard a lot of talk about antibodies lately, especially in relation to vaccines. We wanted to tackle this important subject, but these tiny objects are deceptively complex! So, this is the first of three episodes in a mini-series on antibodies, and in it, we'll talk about how we hacked the immune system to fight pathogens, neutralize deadly toxins, and more! Hosted by: Rose Bear Don't Walk SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Silas Emrys, Charles Copley, Jb Taishoff, Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, LehelKovacs, Adam Brainard, Greg, Ash, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/antibody www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK27144/ www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK459471/ www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/b-lymphocyte pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26104697/ www.nature.com/articles/s41577-019-0244-2 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26104697/ www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7289739/ www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhae/article/PIIS2352-3026(20)30117-4/fulltext www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4781783/ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28799485/ jbiomedsci.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12929-019-0592-z www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK26884/ www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK10770 www.cdc.gov/flu/about/professionals/antigenic.htm www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2019.01598/full www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6215175/ Image Sources: phil.cdc.gov/Details.aspx?pid=2125 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USCampHospital45InfluenzaWard.jpg www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2006692264/