News tagged with antibody responses
Related topics: antibodies , vaccine , hiv
Scientists discover way to detect low-level exposure to seafood toxin in marine animals
(Phys.org) -- NOAA scientists and their colleagues have discovered a biological marker in the blood of laboratory zebrafish and marine mammals that shows when they have been repeatedly exposed to low levels of domoic acid, ...
May 03, 2012 |
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New technology sheds light on viruses
(Phys.org) -- Diagnostic tests that rapidly detect disease-causing viruses in animals and humans are being developed by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists using a new technology called "surface-enhanced ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Apr 10, 2012 |
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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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Research may lead to new and improved vaccines
Alum is an adjuvant (immune booster) used in many common vaccines, and Canadian researchers have now discovered how it works. The research by scientists from the University of Calgary's Faculty of Medicine ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 14, 2011 |
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Research opens door to vaccines that can circumvent maternal antibodies
New research that reveals how maternal antibodies block an immune response to the measles virus is a first step toward improving current childhood vaccination practices, scientists say.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 28, 2011 |
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Salivary glands as organs of immunity: New research makes oral immunization easier to swallow
If you don't like shots or needles, you're in luck. New research published online in The FASEB Journal gives the development of new oral vaccinations a shot in the arm thanks to discoveries involving the salivary glands of mic ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 10, 2011 |
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Vaccine blocks cocaine high in mice
Researchers have produced a lasting anti-cocaine immunity in mice by giving them a safe vaccine that combines bits of the common cold virus with a particle that mimics cocaine.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 04, 2011 |
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HIV clinical trial looks at potential benefits of treating recently-infected patients
For most people in high-income countries HIV is considered a chronic illness which can be managed with medication. But the virus still causes extensive damage to the immune system, and treatment with antiretrovirals ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 30, 2010 |
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Mice with human body's defenses
Therapeutic antibodies can be an efficient alternative when common drugs do not work anymore. However, antibodies obtained from blood of animals such as mice could not be used: The human immune system recognizes them as ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 05, 2010 |
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Research on killer HIV antibodies provides promising new ideas for vaccine design
New discoveries about the immune defenses of rare HIV patients who produce antibodies that prevent infection suggest a novel direction for designing new vaccines. Researchers at Rockefeller University and colleagues have ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Sep 29, 2010 |
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Safe clearance of salmonella
Individuals with an intact complex gut flora are more likely to clear Salmonella after an infection than individuals with an altered, less complex gut flora. This is suggested by results from a mouse model ...
Sep 14, 2010 |
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HIV vaccines may induce HIV antibodies in trial participants, can cause false-positive test result
During trials of preventive HIV vaccines, trial participants may develop HIV-related antibody responses that could lead to a positive HIV test by routine antibody detection methods (called vaccine-induced seropositivity/reactivity ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 18, 2010 |
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Researchers discover trigger to early, effective antibody response
Researchers at National Jewish Health have discovered a trigger that induces B cells to produce effective and long-lived antibodies early in the immune response. They found that a molecule that binds toll-like receptors (TLR) ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 06, 2010 |
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Antibody selection method could mean better drugs
(PhysOrg.com) -- Biomedical engineering researchers have made antibodies that block only specific immune cells that cause inflammation, but not the ones the body normally uses to fight infections.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 15, 2010 |
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Breastfeeding protects children against peptic ulcer bacterium
Young children in developing countries are infected at an early age with the bacterium Helicobacter pylori, which can cause peptic ulcers and stomach cancer. New findings show that childrens' immune responses help in fig ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 08, 2010 |
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