Antibodies and Immunology News and Research

Latest Antibodies and Immunology News and Research

Tiny, Laser-Activated Droplets Could Be Used to Detect Biomarkers for Diseases

A team of researchers led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has created tiny droplets that, when activated by laser light, can detect viral protein biomarkers indicating the presence of certain diseases.

11 May 2024

LSTM Scientists Discover Treatment for Tissue Damage by African Spitting Cobra Venom

Scientists at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) have discovered a groundbreaking new snakebite treatment to prevent the devastating tissue damage caused by African spitting cobra venom.

11 May 2024

Gyros Protein Technologies Launches Gyrolab Generic Rodent ADA Kit Reagents to Expedite Bioanalysis

Gyros Protein Technologies AB, a pioneer in automated nanoliter-scale immunoassays and a leading provider of peptide synthesizers and reagents, today announced the introduction of Gyrolab Generic Rodent Anti-Drug Antibody (ADA) Kit Reagents for the detection of circulating immune complexes of human IgG with rodent anti-human IgG.

11 May 2024

Syntekabio to Unveil Novel Biologics Platform at 20th Annual PEGS Boston Summit

Syntekabio (226330.KQ), a global artificial intelligence (AI) drug discovery pioneer, today announced its participation at the 20th Annual PEGS Boston – The Essential Protein & Antibody Engineering Summit, where the company will highlight its novel biologics platform. The event is being held May 13-17, 2024 at the Omni Hotel at the Seaport, Boston, MA.

11 May 2024

Molecular Pixelation Maps Hundreds of Proteins in Single Cells

According to a recent study published in Nature Methods, researchers from Karolinska Institutet and Pixelgen Technologies have created and implemented a method that enables protein mapping in individual cells in a new way.

9 May 2024

Rice University Develops AI-Powered Tools for Unraveling Microbial Genomes

Since the first microbial genome was sequenced in 1995, scientists have reconstructed the genomic makeup of hundreds of thousands of microorganisms and have even devised methods to take a census of bacterial communities on the skin, in the gut, or in soil, water and elsewhere based on bulk samples, leading to the emergence of a relatively new field of study known as metagenomics.

8 May 2024

New Insights Into PARP1 Biology Could Open Avenues to Improve Cancer Treatments

A new study led by University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center researchers shows that an enzyme called PARP1 is involved in repair of telomeres, the lengths of DNA that protect the tips of chromosomes, and that impairing this process can lead to telomere shortening and genomic instability that can cause cancer.

8 May 2024

Unlocking Glucose-Driven Mechanisms of Immunosuppression in Glioblastoma

The Wistar Institute assistant professor Filippo Veglia, Ph.D., and team, have discovered a key mechanism of how glioblastoma -; a serious and often fatal brain cancer -; suppresses the immune system so that the tumor can grow unimpeded by the body's defenses.

6 May 2024

Targeting RNA Modifications: A Novel Approach for Neuroblastoma Treatment

Neuroblastoma is a common pediatric cancer that originates in developing nerve cells outside the brain.

6 May 2024

New Insights into E. coli's UTI Survival Strategy

Due to anatomical peculiarities, women are particularly vulnerable to UTIs; nearly 50% of them will experience one at some point in their lives.

6 May 2024

Novel Lantibiotic Unveiled Against Skin Microbiome Rivals

Many bacteria produce substances to gain an advantage over competitors in their highly competitive natural environment.

30 Apr 2024

New Method Sheds Light on How Protein Modifications Power T Cells

Imagine riding a bike. Now imagine riding a bike with an enormous beach ball stuck on your handlebars. That "modification" might change your experience quite a bit.

30 Apr 2024

New Organoid Model Offers Opportunities to Study Thymus Function

Researchers from the Organoid group have developed a new organoid model that can be used to study the thymus.

30 Apr 2024

New Technique Reveals Plant's Defense Mechanism

Researchers at the Danforth Plant Science Center and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, working with Tessa Burch-Smith, PhD, are breaking new ground in their investigation of how viruses, essential molecules, and information are transferred between cells in plants.

30 Apr 2024