News articles tagged with 'antibody' (Page 2)
Study suggests why HIV-uninfected babies of mothers with HIV might be more prone to infections
— 9 Feb 2011 17:17 | HealthBabies whose mothers have HIV, but who are not HIV-infected themselves, are born with lower levels of specific proteins in their blood called antibodies, which fight infection, compared…
First liver transplant patients receive experimental drug to prevent hepatitis C infection
— 19 Jan 2011 18:50 | HealthFollowing a successful Phase 1 study for safety, researchers at MassBiologics of the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) today announced the beginning of a Phase 2 clinical…
Researchers report on the early development of anti-HIV neutralising antibodies
— 14 Jan 2011 15:29 | HealthNew findings are bringing scientists closer to an effective HIV vaccine. Researchers from Seattle Biomedical Research Institute (Seattle BioMed), Vanderbilt University and the Ragon…
H1N1 pandemic points to vaccine strategy for multiple flu strains
— 10 Jan 2011 19:45 | HealthAlthough the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic infected an estimated 60 million people and hospitalised more than 250,000 in the United States, it also brought one significant benefit -…
Pandemic flu strain could point way to universal vaccine
— 10 Jan 2011 18:54 | HealthThe search for a universal flu vaccine has received a boost from a surprising source: the 2009 H1N1 pandemic flu strain…
A blood test for Alzheimer's disease?
— 8 Jan 2011 12:54 | HealthUsing a new technology that relies on thousands of synthetic molecules to fish for disease-specific antibodies, researchers have developed a potential method for detecting Alzheimer's…
Many cancer cells found to have an 'eat me' signal in Stanford study
— 3 Jan 2011 18:47 | HealthResearchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered that many cancer cells carry the seeds of their own destruction - a protein on the cell surface that signals…
A double block of blood vessels to starve cancerous tumours
— 10 Dec 2010 20:12 | HealthA novel strategy of blocking the growth of blood vessels with antibodies should result in improved treatment of cancerous tumours…
Personalised vaccine for lymphoma patients extends disease-free survival by nearly 2 years
— 7 Dec 2010 17:25 | HealthA personalised vaccine is a powerful therapy to prevent recurrence among certain follicular lymphoma patients, according to the latest results of ongoing research led by the University…
UNC-led team tests commonly used antibodies
— 6 Dec 2010 18:18 | HealthIf a strand of your DNA was stretched out completely, it would be more than six feet long. It's hard to imagine that it can fit inside the nucleus of one of your cells, but that's exactly…