News tagged with antibody levels
Brightly colored bird bills indicate good health
Troy Murphy has found female bill colour reflects the health of the bird. Females with more colourful bills have higher antibody levels, indicating greater strength and the ability to fight off invaders.
May 24, 2012 |
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Study suggests that being too clean can make people sick
Young people who are overexposed to antibacterial soaps containing triclosan may suffer more allergies, and exposure to higher levels of Bisphenol A among adults may negatively influence the immune system, a new University ...
Nov 29, 2010 |
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Immune system 'atlas' will speed detection of kidney transplant
Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital have devised a new way to decode the immune signals that cause slow, chronic rejection of all transplanted kidneys. They've created ...
Feb 23, 2009 |
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PSA test for men could get a second life for breast cancer in women
The widely known PSA blood test for prostate cancer in men may get a second life as a much-needed new test for breast cancer, the most common form of cancer in women worldwide, scientists are reporting in a new study in the ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jul 13, 2011 |
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Why do some influenza virus subtypes die out?
Every so often we hear about a new strain of influenza virus which has appeared and in some cases may sweep across the globe in a pandemic, much as the H1N1 virus did last year. What happens to the old seasonal viruses? In ...
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Why HIV-uninfected babies of mothers with HIV might be more prone to infections
Babies whose mothers have HIV, but who are not HIV-infected themselves, are born with lower levels of specific proteins in their blood called antibodies, which fight infection, compared with babies not exposed to HIV, a new ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Feb 08, 2011 |
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Children, males and blacks are at increased risk for food allergies
A new study estimates that 2.5 percent of the United States population, or about 7.6 million Americans, have food allergies. Food allergy rates were found to be higher for children, non-Hispanic blacks, and males, according ...
Oct 04, 2010 |
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New treatment for rabies advances after successful phase 1 trial in India
With the potential to save tens of thousands of lives each year, a new cost-effective rabies therapy developed by MassBiologics at the University of Massachusetts and the Serum Institute of India took an important step forward ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 14, 2010 |
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Subtle thyroid problem triples the risk of placental separation in birth
Pregnant women with antibodies that can indicate early thyroid disease are three times as likely to have placental separation during labor, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found in a study of more than ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 21, 2010 |
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Study suggests blood test for Alzheimer's possible
Researchers have revealed a direct relationship between two specific antibodies and the severity of Alzheimer's disease symptoms, raising hopes that a diagnostic blood test for the devastating disorder is within reach.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 11, 2009 |
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