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: [[Lymphocyte]]s produce [[Antibody|antibodies]] which attach themselves to [[pathogen]]s to either damage, destroy or to make it easier for the [[phagocyte]]s to engulf them.
: [[Lymphocyte]]s also produce [[antitoxin]]s to cancel out the effects of [[toxic]] [[chemical]]s made by the [[pathogen]]s.
: 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]].