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→About Antibodies
: Some '''antibodies''' can directly damage or destroy a [[pathogen]].
: Some '''antibodies''' attach themselves to [[pathogen]]s to make it easier for [[phagocyte]]s to engulf and destroy them. They act like tags to tell the [[phagocyte]]s which [[Cell (Biology)|cells]] to attack.
: When an [[organism]] is [[infected]] [[lymphocyte]]s produce hundreds of different '''antibodies''' until one works.
: Once a [[lymphocyte]] has produce a working [[antibody]] it will remember and reproduce it any time the same [[pathogen]] [[infection|infects]] the [[organism]].