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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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JUN 21, 2016Immunology
What do alpacas have that we don’t? Single-domain antibody fragments. Other camelids have them as well, and there ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 20, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A new way to detect antibodies in blood opens the door to developing simple diagnostic tests for diseases for which ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUN 09, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
For some patients, bone marrow transplants are one of the few last defenses that could save their lives. But this proced ...JUN 08, 2016Immunology
There’s a protein that signals the immune system not to kill certain cells. This action could be preventing autoim ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 05, 2016Videos
In another release from the Koch Institute's Image Awards 2016, Ali Roghanian of the University of Southampton UK, visit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 31, 2016Cancer
For cancer, treatment outcome and survival is directly influenced by early detection and intervention. This is especiall ...MAY 23, 2016Immunology
Every year, scientists with the World Health Organization do their best to predict the most prevalent and dangerous infl ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 18, 2016Cardiology
Scientists have solved a mystery about where the body stores and deploys blood-clotting factor VIII, a protein that abou ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAY 16, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In recent years, more and more researchers are turning to nanoparticles for targeted delivery of drugs to select organs ...MAY 02, 2016Health & Medicine
It is the antibodies that detect pathogens in order to fight infections and prevent disease, but there is an entire team ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 02, 2016Immunology
Findings Could Guide Development of Treatments for Lassa Fever For the first time, scientists at The Scripps Research In ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)APR 28, 2016Microbiology
Researchers from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research found that Dengue virus antibodies promote Zika virus infect ...Written By: Kerry EvansAPR 27, 2016Immunology
Originally developed as an anesthetic in 1926, phencyclidine (PCP), also known as “angel dust,” was disconti ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 27, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
When it comes to medical testing, more is not always better. This is the sentiment from a recent research examining the ...APR 26, 2016Immunology
Despite a rapid growth in food allergy cases, the proportion of children with telltale food antibodies in their blood di ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 22, 2016Health & Medicine
Macrophages exist in every type of body tissue, in the lungs as alveolar macrophages and in the liver as Kupffer cells. ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 09, 2016Videos
While humans share many similarities, we don't all have the same blood. Knowing your blood type is vital if you need a b ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetAPR 08, 2016Videos
Even before modern medicine, physicians figured out that blood was essential to life and could be given to enhance or cu ...APR 06, 2016Immunology
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and collaborating institutions have described the first-ever immatur ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)APR 05, 2016Neuroscience
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, currently affecting 5.5 million people in the U.S. T ...Written By: Cassidy ReichMAR 23, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
After receiving a bone marrow transplant, a 46-year-old man reportedly acquired a new fruit allergy to kiwis. The myster ...MAR 18, 2016Health & Medicine
Scientists have developed a brain implant that can turn the patient’s immune system against Alzheimer’s dise ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetMAR 18, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In the past several months, researchers have been focusing on easier point-of-care tests that offer early detection of d ...MAR 17, 2016Cancer
To metastasize and invade distant parts of the body, cancer cells need help. And researchers from the Massachusetts Inst ...
JUN 21, 2016
Immunology
What do alpacas have that we don’t? Single-domain antibody fragments. Other camelids have them as well, and there
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 20, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new way to detect antibodies in blood opens the door to developing simple diagnostic tests for diseases for which
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUN 09, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
For some patients, bone marrow transplants are one of the few last defenses that could save their lives. But this proced
...
JUN 08, 2016
Immunology
There’s a protein that signals the immune system not to kill certain cells. This action could be preventing autoim
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 05, 2016
Videos
In another release from the Koch Institute's Image Awards 2016, Ali Roghanian of the University of Southampton UK, visit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 31, 2016
Cancer
For cancer, treatment outcome and survival is directly influenced by early detection and intervention. This is especiall
...
MAY 23, 2016
Immunology
Every year, scientists with the World Health Organization do their best to predict the most prevalent and dangerous infl
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 18, 2016
Cardiology
Scientists have solved a mystery about where the body stores and deploys blood-clotting factor VIII, a protein that abou
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAY 16, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In recent years, more and more researchers are turning to nanoparticles for targeted delivery of drugs to select organs
...
MAY 02, 2016
Health & Medicine
It is the antibodies that detect pathogens in order to fight infections and prevent disease, but there is an entire team
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 02, 2016
Immunology
Findings Could Guide Development of Treatments for Lassa Fever For the first time, scientists at The Scripps Research In
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
APR 28, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research found that Dengue virus antibodies promote Zika virus infect
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
APR 27, 2016
Immunology
Originally developed as an anesthetic in 1926, phencyclidine (PCP), also known as “angel dust,” was disconti
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 27, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
When it comes to medical testing, more is not always better. This is the sentiment from a recent research examining the
...
APR 26, 2016
Immunology
Despite a rapid growth in food allergy cases, the proportion of children with telltale food antibodies in their blood di
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 22, 2016
Health & Medicine
Macrophages exist in every type of body tissue, in the lungs as alveolar macrophages and in the liver as Kupffer cells.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 09, 2016
Videos
While humans share many similarities, we don't all have the same blood. Knowing your blood type is vital if you need a b
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
APR 08, 2016
Videos
Even before modern medicine, physicians figured out that blood was essential to life and could be given to enhance or cu
...
APR 06, 2016
Immunology
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and collaborating institutions have described the first-ever immatur
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
APR 05, 2016
Neuroscience
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, currently affecting 5.5 million people in the U.S. T
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
MAR 23, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
After receiving a bone marrow transplant, a 46-year-old man reportedly acquired a new fruit allergy to kiwis. The myster
...
MAR 18, 2016
Health & Medicine
Scientists have developed a brain implant that can turn the patient’s immune system against Alzheimer’s dise
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
MAR 18, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In the past several months, researchers have been focusing on easier point-of-care tests that offer early detection of d
...
MAR 17, 2016
Cancer
To metastasize and invade distant parts of the body, cancer cells need help. And researchers from the Massachusetts Inst
...