Tag: Antibodies
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Japan to complete new round of Covid-19 antibody tests by yr end
Meanwhile, the infection rates for Osaka and Miyagi Prefecture stood at 0.17 per cent and 0.03 per cent, respectively.
November 27, 2020 -
Recovery from coronavirus may not provide immunity, experts warn
For the moment, it is also unclear whose antibodies are more potent in beating back the disease: someone who nearly died, or someone with only light symptoms or even no symptoms at all.
April 20, 2020 -
Pets prevent allergies
We’ve known for years that dogs were good for our mental health.
July 23, 2019 -
Human antibodies produced in lab to treat diseases
Scientists have developed a method to artificially produce specific human antibodies which can be used to treat a wide range of diseases and facilitate the development of new vaccines. A team of researchers led by Facundo Batista of Francis Crick Institute in London and Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard have been able to …
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July 25, 2017 -
New approach may help combat drug resistant superbugs
Scientists have found that an unusual approach of removing antibodies from the blood stream could reduce chronic infections, an advance that may help humans in the fight against drug resistant superbugs. Researchers from the University of Birmingham and Newcastle University in the UK identified two patients with bronchiectasis who suffered with chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections …
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March 31, 2017 -
Horse antibodies could effectively treat Ebola infection
A treatment made with antibodies from horses may provide an effective and economical option to fight Ebola infection, says a study. "This is a cost-effective treatment that can be used in low-income countries in Africa where equine production facilities are already in operation for producing snake-bite antivenin," said one of the lead researchers Alexander Khromykh, …
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February 7, 2017