All Articles Tagged As: antibodies

Discovery May Lead to Early Cancer Detection (5/27/2008)

Researchers have developed antibodies that recognize pancreatic cancer ...> Full Article

Scientists Create First Successful Libraries of Avian Flu Virus Antibodies (4/17/2008)

Novel Project Could Help Thwart Worldwide Influenza Threat ...> Full Article

New Species of Infectious Disease Found in Amazon (4/5/2008)

While investigating the tropical disease leptospirosis in the Peruvian Amazon, an infectious disease specialist has uncovered new, emerging bacteria that may be responsible for up to 40 percent of cases of the disease ...> Full Article

Research Scientists Devise Approach that Stops HIV at Earliest Stage of Infection (3/2/2008)

Unique Two-Step Process Based on Latest Viral Discoveries ...> Full Article

Chicken Antibodies To Help Detect HER2 Breast Cancer (2/27/2008)

Generations of mothers have served up chicken soup to remedy the common cold, but now the therapeutic fowl may find use in diagnosis as well. Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the scientific research firm SAIC recently showed how chicken antibodies may one day improve the detection of an aggressive form of breast cancer. ...> Full Article

Antibody Can Potently Neutralize Two Viruses (2/18/2008)

In laboratory experiments, scientists at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and their colleagues supported by the NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID), have discovered an antibody that neutralizes two viruses classified as henipaviruses. Nipah virus (NiV) and Hendra virus (HeV) are highly infectious agents that transitioned from infecting flying foxes in the mid-1990s to causing fatal disease in humans and livestock in Australia, Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, and Singapore. Recent outbreaks have resulted in encephalitis and acute respiratory distress, person-to-person transmission, and up to 70 percent fatality rates. The finding appears in the Feb. 15, 2008, issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases. ...> Full Article

New picture of HIV-1's protein jacket identifies attractive target for antibody-based vaccine (2/16/2008)

By coaxing the HIV-1 protein to reveal a hidden portion of its protein coat, scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School have provided a newly detailed picture of how protective, or so-called broadly neutralizing, antibodies block HIV-1 infection. ...> Full Article

Breakdown Of Kidney's Ability To Clean Its Own Filters Likely Causes Disease (2/4/2008)

The kidney actively cleans its most selective filter to keep it from clogging with blood proteins, scientists from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis reveal in a new study. ...> Full Article

UV Light Improving Chances Of Fighting Cancer (11/6/2007)

Scientists have developed a cancer fighting technology which uses UV light to activate antibodies which very specifically attack tumours. ...> Full Article

Fighting cancer with light-activated antibodies (10/31/2007)

Scientists at Newcastle University have developed a cancer fighting technology which uses ultra-violet light to activate antibodies which very specifically attack tumours. ...> Full Article