Researchers identified several antibodies to the nucleocapsid protein from a convalescent COVID-19 patient. Tests found some can inhibit complement hyperactivation and could potentially lead to new ...

It was called ‘complement’ because it aided the antibacterial activity of antibodies. However, it is now known that the complement system can be activated early in an infection without the presence of ...

Immunotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that uses the body's own immune system to fight tumor cells. While much focus has been on engaging T-cells for fighting cancer, less attention has been ...

Antibodies, also known as immunoglobulins, are specialized proteins produced by the immune system to identify and neutralize foreign invaders, such as viruses, bacteria, and other pathogens. They are ...

Researchers have collaboratively developed and described a llama-antibody that might have significant impact for future diagnostics and treatment of, e.g., kidney diseases. Researchers from the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Rabbits sensitized by multiple injections of living BCG until their serums showed high concentrations of antibodies to tuberculoprotein and ...

A team of investigators at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) has developed a novel therapy for ischemic (clot-caused) stroke and has shown in a preclinical model that it locally inhibits ...

Primary rabbit-kidney cells labelled with $^{51}Cr$ were infected with herpes simplex virus (HSV). When newly synthesized viral antigens appeared on the surface of the cells, the monolayers were ...