Scripps Research scientists explain what makes COVID-19 antibody “J08” so potent
LA JOLLA, CA—Last year, scientists at Scripps Research and Toscana Life Sciences studied the blood of 14 COVID-19 survivors to ...
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Study suggests severe obesity blunts antibody response to COVID-19 vaccines
New research being presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Maastricht, Netherlands (4-7 May), suggests that adults ...
UTMB study shows common antibody therapy has anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies
GALVESTON, Texas – Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch recently confirmed the presence of neutralizing antibodies to SARS--COV-2 ...
Antibody function antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) may help prevent the transmission of HIV from mother to child during breastfeeding
BOSTON – According to new research from Boston Medical Center, the antibody function known as antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) ...
New COVID-19 nasal spray outperforms current antibody treatments in mice
A new protein-based antiviral nasal spray developed by researchers at Northwestern University, University of Washington and Washington University at St. ...
NK cells combined with bispecific antibody showed strong response for patients with lymphoma
Abstract: CT003 Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center showed that natural killer (NK) cells derived from ...
Antibody production in patients hospitalized with COVID-19
Antibody-secreting cells (ASCs) peaked at 3-4 weeks and were still being produced at 3-4 months in patients hospitalized with COVID-19, ...
Mayo Clinic researchers develop new antibody test to diagnose MS
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic researchers have validated a new antibody test to diagnose multiple sclerosis (MS), a potentially disabling ...
Study finds that children’s antibody responses to COVID-19 are stronger than adults’
Infants and toddlers who experienced community infection with SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, had significantly higher levels of antibodies ...
Antibody shows promise for developing hantavirus treatment
An international research team discovered the first human antibody to effectively neutralize two types of hantaviruses in animal models, according ...
Promising antibody cocktail takes on Ebola virus—and its deadly cousin
LA JOLLA, CA—Researchers at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) are designing better therapies for treating Ebola virus and its ...
Fight friendly fire with fire: an antibody for treating autoimmune disease
Osaka, Japan - Autoimmune diseases are the molecular equivalent of “friendly fire”: the body attacks itself instead of harmful invaders. ...
Vaccine and antibody treatment effectiveness blunted by all three Omicron subvariants
Only one currently authorized antibody treatment retains its activity against all Omicron subvariants, according to new research by scientists at ...
Increased infectivity, antibody escape drive SARS-CoV-2 evolution, studies say
First announced by the World Health Organization on Nov. 26, 2021, the SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant spread rapidly around the world, ...
Most people with prior SARS-CoV-2 infection or vaccination have T cell immune responses against Omicron variant despite low antibody responses
BOSTON – When an individual is infected with the COVID-19–causing virus SARS-CoV-2, the immune system is called into action to ...
Biologists isolated the coronavirus nucleoprotein in its pure form to improve the accuracy and sensitivity of the antibody tests
The SARS-CoV-2 nucleoprotein is the main protein in viral particles. It folds the RNA of the virus into a compact ...
Advanced prostate cancer antibody drug shows success in pet dogs
Dogs are proving to be a far better scientific model for study of prostate cancer than mice, the typical animal ...
New anti-HIV antibody function discovered: tethering of viral particles at the surface of cells
Teams at the Institut Pasteur, CNRS, Vaccine Research Institute (VRI) and Université de Paris have discovered a new function of ...
Current anti-COVID pills work well against omicron, but antibody drugs are less effective
MADISON, Wis. — The drugs behind the new pills to treat COVID-19 remain very effective against the omicron variant of ...
Corona: New insights into antibody response against viral variants
In the journal Science, researchers from Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE) and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin present new findings ...