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Which of the following statements about weakened pathogens is true?
Which of the following statements about weakened pathogens is true?
- Weakened pathogens can cause an immune response on their own.
- Weakened pathogens can only cause an immune response if they are aged.
- Weakened pathogens cannot cause an immune response in the future. (correct)
- Weakened pathogens do not require a carrier molecule to cause an immune response.
What is the role of a carrier molecule in the immune response to a hapten?
What is the role of a carrier molecule in the immune response to a hapten?
- The carrier molecule enhances the immune response. (correct)
- The carrier molecule is not involved in the immune response.
- The carrier molecule weakens the pathogen.
- The carrier molecule prevents the immune response.
What does it mean for a hapten to require a carrier molecule?
What does it mean for a hapten to require a carrier molecule?
- The hapten cannot cause an immune response in the future.
- The hapten needs a carrier molecule to be transported in the body. (correct)
- The hapten can only cause an immune response if it is weakened.
- The hapten can cause an immune response on its own.
