A specially engineered antibody that can infiltrate kidney cysts has shown the ability to block key growth signals driving polycystic kidney disease. Early mouse studies suggest it may halt or even ...

Image of antibodies created from scratch. (UW Institute for Protein Design / Ian C. Haydon Graphic) Researchers from Nobel Laureate David Baker’s lab and the University of Washington’s Institute for ...

Specific antibody deficiency (SAD) is an immune system disorder. It occurs when you have normal levels of antibodies but an insufficient immune response to certain types of bacteria. Antibodies, also ...

An international research team led by the University of Cologne has discovered an antibody that could advance the fight against HIV. The newly identified antibody 04_A06 proved to be particularly ...

Some people vaccinated against COVID-19 initially acquire strong levels of neutralizing antibodies but then experience rapid declines. Measuring immunoglobulin A antibody titers post-vaccination could ...

ADCs integrate monoclonal antibodies with cytotoxic payloads, offering new treatment options for NSCLC, including biomarker-selected and biomarker-agnostic patients. ADCs are composed of an antibody, ...

Let's be honest, we're all drama queens sometimes. Whether you're texting your bestie you're “literally dying” over the latest celebrity gossip or declaring on social media that Monday mornings are ...

Ever since Biogen and Eisai’s Aduhelm (aducanemab) was approved in 2021 as the first antibody to treat Alzheimer’s disease by clearing amyloid plaques from the brain, the modality has been dogged by a ...

Myasthenia gravis (MG) results from autoimmune antibodies against the post-synaptic neuromuscular junction with three major antibody categories: those to the acetylcholine receptor (AChR antibodies), ...

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June 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Merck's (MRK.N), opens new tab preventive antibody shot to protect infants up to one year of age from respiratory syncytial ...