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Antibodies
Antibodies are blood proteins produced in response to and counteracting a specific antigen. Antibodies combine chemically with substances that the body recognizes as alien, such as bacteria, viruses, and foreign substances in the blood.
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DEC 11, 2016Microbiology
The Human Genome Project to sequence our genome was fully completed by 2003, and it soon became clear that the next hurd ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 07, 2016Microbiology
Nobody likes going to the dentist, but most of us do it anyway. Why? Because regular dental care helps prevent thi ...Written By: Kerry EvansDEC 05, 2016Immunology
A clinical trial at the Duke Translational Research Institute was immediately shut down after 10 participants had an ana ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 29, 2016Cardiology
Scientists have identified a protein that binds to LDL cholesterol and helps transport it. Blocking the protein might of ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)NOV 28, 2016Immunology
Image Credit: Getty Images The bacteria that find a home in the bladder—causing painful urinary tract infections&m ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)NOV 23, 2016Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA – November 23, 2016 – Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed a vacc ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)NOV 17, 2016Microbiology
Researchers studying antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) found that patients with the disease have high levels of bacteria t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 16, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In 2014 and 2015, the Ebola outbreak ravaged West Africa, killed over 11,000 people, and caused a huge international hea ...NOV 15, 2016Immunology
Every day the cells of the human immune system have to make a decision: self or foreign? The wrong decision leads to aut ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 04, 2016Microbiology
Here’s a question. Is Lyme disease more common nowadays? Lyme disease used to be a disease specific to the ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 04, 2016Immunology
Scientists are not quite sure why or how individuals develop scleroderma, and there is no current cure for the autoimmun ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 02, 2016Immunology
When humans go to sleep, their immune cells come out to play. A new study from the WPI Immunology Frontier Research Cent ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 26, 2016Immunology
The newest effort in cancer treatment research involves the combination of not one, not two, not three, but four differe ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 25, 2016Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA—October 24, 2016—Researchers have been trying for decades to develop a vaccine against the glob ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)OCT 24, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
New research done at Helmholtz Zentrum München, in partnership with the German Center for Diabetes Research and col ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 18, 2016Microbiology
Ever heard that babies aren’t supposed to eat honey? What’s the deal? Honey is great! Yes, honey is great, b ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 14, 2016Videos
Thanks to the lymphocytes of the immune system our white blood cells and cells called antibodies made by B cells can pro ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 14, 2016Immunology
Enhancing a cancer patient’s own T cells to reduce tumor growth is an up-and-coming cancer therapy that is being u ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 11, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Each year, health officials zealously launch flu shot campaigns, aimed at vaccinating people against the influenza virus ...OCT 10, 2016Immunology
One small change in the chromosomes of B lymphocytes, and the immune cells cannot proliferate and create antibodies to f ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 08, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have created a portable way to make pharmaceuticals by using freeze-dried components that can make complex co ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 29, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
It seems all retailers are racing against each other to be first at seasonal offerings. And this season, you may have fo ...SEP 26, 2016Immunology
A new drug candidate for multiple sclerosis (MS) was successfully tested in mice models of the disease. The drug, called ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 14, 2016Immunology
From the first scientist to ever discover broadly neutralizing antibodies, a new candidate for protection from influenza ...Written By: Kara Marker
DEC 11, 2016
Microbiology
The Human Genome Project to sequence our genome was fully completed by 2003, and it soon became clear that the next hurd
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 07, 2016
Microbiology
Nobody likes going to the dentist, but most of us do it anyway. Why? Because regular dental care helps prevent thi
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
DEC 05, 2016
Immunology
A clinical trial at the Duke Translational Research Institute was immediately shut down after 10 participants had an ana
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 29, 2016
Cardiology
Scientists have identified a protein that binds to LDL cholesterol and helps transport it. Blocking the protein might of
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
NOV 28, 2016
Immunology
Image Credit: Getty Images The bacteria that find a home in the bladder—causing painful urinary tract infections&m
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
NOV 23, 2016
Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA – November 23, 2016 – Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed a vacc
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
NOV 17, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers studying antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) found that patients with the disease have high levels of bacteria t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 16, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In 2014 and 2015, the Ebola outbreak ravaged West Africa, killed over 11,000 people, and caused a huge international hea
...
NOV 15, 2016
Immunology
Every day the cells of the human immune system have to make a decision: self or foreign? The wrong decision leads to aut
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 04, 2016
Microbiology
Here’s a question. Is Lyme disease more common nowadays? Lyme disease used to be a disease specific to the
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 04, 2016
Immunology
Scientists are not quite sure why or how individuals develop scleroderma, and there is no current cure for the autoimmun
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 02, 2016
Immunology
When humans go to sleep, their immune cells come out to play. A new study from the WPI Immunology Frontier Research Cent
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 26, 2016
Immunology
The newest effort in cancer treatment research involves the combination of not one, not two, not three, but four differe
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 25, 2016
Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA—October 24, 2016—Researchers have been trying for decades to develop a vaccine against the glob
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
OCT 24, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
New research done at Helmholtz Zentrum München, in partnership with the German Center for Diabetes Research and col
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 18, 2016
Microbiology
Ever heard that babies aren’t supposed to eat honey? What’s the deal? Honey is great! Yes, honey is great, b
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 14, 2016
Videos
Thanks to the lymphocytes of the immune system our white blood cells and cells called antibodies made by B cells can pro
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 14, 2016
Immunology
Enhancing a cancer patient’s own T cells to reduce tumor growth is an up-and-coming cancer therapy that is being u
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 11, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Each year, health officials zealously launch flu shot campaigns, aimed at vaccinating people against the influenza virus
...
OCT 10, 2016
Immunology
One small change in the chromosomes of B lymphocytes, and the immune cells cannot proliferate and create antibodies to f
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 08, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have created a portable way to make pharmaceuticals by using freeze-dried components that can make complex co
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 29, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
It seems all retailers are racing against each other to be first at seasonal offerings. And this season, you may have fo
...
SEP 26, 2016
Immunology
A new drug candidate for multiple sclerosis (MS) was successfully tested in mice models of the disease. The drug, called
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 14, 2016
Immunology
From the first scientist to ever discover broadly neutralizing antibodies, a new candidate for protection from influenza
...
Written By:
Kara Marker