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Researchers discover protein involved in protecting B cells

Whenever a germ gets into the human body, the immune system usually responds immediately to fight off the enemy attacker. One of our defense system's most important strategies involves B lymphocytes, also known as B cells, which produce antibodies that target and neutralize pathogens.

2 Jul 2020

Even the sickest COVID-19 patients produce T cells to fight back the virus

A new study from researchers at La Jolla Institute for Immunology and Erasmus University Medical Center shows that even the sickest COVID-19 patients produce T cells that help fight the virus.

1 Jul 2020

Engineered T-cells attack solid-tumor cancer cells from humans and mice

A method known as CAR-T therapy has been used successfully in patients with blood cancers such as lymphoma and leukemia.

1 Jul 2020

Study provides roadmap for developing effective vaccine against Staphylococcal infections

Experiments in mice have shown early success in vaccinating them against potentially deadly bacterial infections, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcal aureus, or MRSA, the strain resistant to most drug treatments.

1 Jul 2020

Sanford Burnham Prebys announces research agreement with Lilly to characterize COVID-19 antibodies

Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute today announced a research agreement with Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) to characterize Lilly's next-generation anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies.

30 Jun 2020

Chemically engineered peptides show promise to block viruses

Scientists from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have designed and developed chemically engineered peptides that may prove useful to fight some of the most prevalent human health challenges.

29 Jun 2020

C. difficile hijacks the wound healing system to cause serious and persistent disease

Monash University researchers have discovered that the devastating bacterial superbug Clostridioides difficile hijacks the human wound healing system in order to cause serious and persistent disease, opening up the development of new therapies to treat the disease.

26 Jun 2020

Subtypes in alzheimer's disease may be linked to tau protein modifications

A new study reveals a possible biological reason that Alzheimer's Disease (AD) progresses at different rates in different patients.

25 Jun 2020

Experts identify steps to expand, improve SARS-CoV-2 serology tests

More than 300 scientists and clinicians from the federal government, industry and academia published a report of their conclusions and recommendations on COVID-19 serology studies online in Immunity.

24 Jun 2020

Antibody and RNA testing can help track SARS-CoV-2 virus

SARS-CoV-2 is usually tracked by two types of tests, reverse transcriptase PCR (rt-PCR) and antibody tests.

23 Jun 2020

White Paper: Separation and characterization of viruses and antibodies

Postnova Analytics have published an informative new white paper that details how multi-detector Asymmetrical Field Flow Fractionation (AF4) and Electrical AF4 (EAF4) techniques are transforming the separation and characterization of viruses and antibodies.

From Postnova Analytics 23 Jun 2020

New study shows how a protein works as 'master regulator' in the immune system

Scientists at the La Jolla Institute for Immunology have discovered a potential new way to better fight a range of infectious diseases, cancers and even autoimmune diseases.

22 Jun 2020

Study shows MMR vaccine may protect against COVID-19 symptoms

According to a group of experts, the administration of the MMR vaccine could act as a preventive measure to reduce inflammation linked to COVID-19 infection.

22 Jun 2020

Detecting antibodies in minutes using glowing proteins, thread and a smartphone camera

To defend the body, the immune system makes proteins known as antibodies that latch onto the perceived threat, be it HIV, the new coronavirus or, as is the case in autoimmune disease, part of the body itself.

22 Jun 2020

NJIT researchers develop new efficient method to quantify therapeutic proteins

Researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology in collaboration with Ohio University and Merck & Co. Inc. recently developed a new efficient method for targeted protein analysis -- one they say could speed up processes for disease testing, drug discovery and vaccine development.

18 Jun 2020

Researchers identify antibody cocktail with potential to neutralize SARS-CoV-2 virus

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine evaluated several human antibodies to determine the most potent combination to be mixed in a cocktail and used as a promising anti-viral therapy against the virus that causes COVID-19.

17 Jun 2020

COVID-19 Antibody Tests: How Reliable Are They?

With stay-at-home orders expiring around the world, many hope that COVID-19 antibody testing will help businesses and institutions reopen safely.

17 Jun 2020

Combination drugs for COVID-19 show promise in laboratory tests

Six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 7.4 million people have been infected, and more than 410 000 have died. As yet, there is no treatment or vaccine for the disease.

16 Jun 2020

Potent human antibodies protect against SARS-CoV-2 in animal tests

A team led by Scripps Research has discovered antibodies in the blood of recovered COVID-19 patients that provide powerful protection against SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes the disease, when tested in animals and human cell cultures.

16 Jun 2020

Baylor researchers uncover a novel mechanism that triggers cellular immune response

Viruses and other disease-causing microbes influence the type of immune response their hosts will develop against them. In some cases, the predominant response involves antibodies, proteins made by the immune system that specifically recognize parts of the invading microbe and mediate its destruction.

12 Jun 2020