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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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MAR 01, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Zika is not going away anytime soon, as cases continue to rise in the Americas. The CDC and the FDA are taking note, and ...FEB 26, 2016Neuroscience
Studies with genetically modified mice have unveiled additional connections between the immune system and Alzheimer&rsqu ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 23, 2016Health & Medicine
Opioid addiction is a huge problem, with about 2 million Americans suffering from addiction to prescription pain relieve ...Written By: Cassidy ReichFEB 11, 2016Cardiology
Rare but deadly, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a disease where blood clots block the smallest blood vesse ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 02, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Single-stranded molecules of DNA called “aptamers” have been studied since 1990 for their ability to bind an ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 27, 2016Immunology
Optogenetics is a technology used by neuroscientists to follow and record the course of individual neurons as they fire. ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 27, 2016Cardiology
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) leads to lethal cardiac failure after oxygen depletion in the heart exceeds a “c ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 21, 2016Immunology
Influenza causes serious illness among millions of people each year, resulting in 250,000 to 500,000 deaths. Those most ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 18, 2016Immunology
Two recent studies have connected protein Blimp1 to key regulation of plasma cells’ ability to produce pathogen-fi ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 12, 2016Immunology
Immune cells are not predestined to be either effector or memory cells, scientists from the Virginia Tech Carilion Insti ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 31, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne disease that’s prevalent in tropical locations like Latin America, Southeast Asia ...DEC 26, 2015Microbiology
Malaria vaccines have been largely unsuccessful because the body produces a poor antibody response to the parasite. &nbs ...Written By: Kerry EvansDEC 21, 2015Immunology
From Peter Parker’s fateful spider bite to Arthur pulling the sword from the stone at the beginning of his reign&m ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)DEC 15, 2015Immunology
A specific group of antibodies are nurtured by the immune system to fight HIV. This process naturally occurs in the pres ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 10, 2015Immunology
Superior technology brings us novel images of cancer cells and lymphocytes this week, and now scientists can learn more ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 08, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have deployed a powerful new drug discovery technique to identify ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)DEC 04, 2015Immunology
The germinal center of the immune system plays a complicated dual role in the body: vitally selecting B cells secreting ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 02, 2015Microbiology
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with Synthetic Biologics Inc., developed an antibody- ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 29, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
You probably first heard of the Tasmanian devil while watching the Looney Tunes cartoon portrayal as a child. According ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 28, 2015Immunology
The American Cancer Society predicts that over 40,000 women will die from breast cancer this year, and that's just i ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 17, 2015Immunology
Extensive scrutinizing of the broadly neutralizing antibodies produced by individuals several years into an HIV infectio ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 16, 2015Immunology
In the fight against cancer, immunotherapy is increasingly becoming a promising treatment option since it revolves aroun ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 27, 2015Immunology
We depend on our immune cells to protect us against infections from foreign invaders like bacteria, viruses, and parasit ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 26, 2015Microbiology
Researchers at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and the Central Michigan University College of Medici ...Written By: Kerry Evans
MAR 01, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Zika is not going away anytime soon, as cases continue to rise in the Americas. The CDC and the FDA are taking note, and
...
FEB 26, 2016
Neuroscience
Studies with genetically modified mice have unveiled additional connections between the immune system and Alzheimer&rsqu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 23, 2016
Health & Medicine
Opioid addiction is a huge problem, with about 2 million Americans suffering from addiction to prescription pain relieve
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
FEB 11, 2016
Cardiology
Rare but deadly, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a disease where blood clots block the smallest blood vesse
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 02, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Single-stranded molecules of DNA called “aptamers” have been studied since 1990 for their ability to bind an
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 27, 2016
Immunology
Optogenetics is a technology used by neuroscientists to follow and record the course of individual neurons as they fire.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 27, 2016
Cardiology
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) leads to lethal cardiac failure after oxygen depletion in the heart exceeds a “c
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 21, 2016
Immunology
Influenza causes serious illness among millions of people each year, resulting in 250,000 to 500,000 deaths. Those most
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 18, 2016
Immunology
Two recent studies have connected protein Blimp1 to key regulation of plasma cells’ ability to produce pathogen-fi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 12, 2016
Immunology
Immune cells are not predestined to be either effector or memory cells, scientists from the Virginia Tech Carilion Insti
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 31, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne disease that’s prevalent in tropical locations like Latin America, Southeast Asia
...
DEC 26, 2015
Microbiology
Malaria vaccines have been largely unsuccessful because the body produces a poor antibody response to the parasite. &nbs
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
DEC 21, 2015
Immunology
From Peter Parker’s fateful spider bite to Arthur pulling the sword from the stone at the beginning of his reign&m
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
DEC 15, 2015
Immunology
A specific group of antibodies are nurtured by the immune system to fight HIV. This process naturally occurs in the pres
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 10, 2015
Immunology
Superior technology brings us novel images of cancer cells and lymphocytes this week, and now scientists can learn more
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 08, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have deployed a powerful new drug discovery technique to identify
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
DEC 04, 2015
Immunology
The germinal center of the immune system plays a complicated dual role in the body: vitally selecting B cells secreting
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 02, 2015
Microbiology
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with Synthetic Biologics Inc., developed an antibody-
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 29, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
You probably first heard of the Tasmanian devil while watching the Looney Tunes cartoon portrayal as a child. According
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 28, 2015
Immunology
The American Cancer Society predicts that over 40,000 women will die from breast cancer this year, and that's just i
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 17, 2015
Immunology
Extensive scrutinizing of the broadly neutralizing antibodies produced by individuals several years into an HIV infectio
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 16, 2015
Immunology
In the fight against cancer, immunotherapy is increasingly becoming a promising treatment option since it revolves aroun
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 27, 2015
Immunology
We depend on our immune cells to protect us against infections from foreign invaders like bacteria, viruses, and parasit
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 26, 2015
Microbiology
Researchers at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and the Central Michigan University College of Medici
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans