IgM anti-MDA and anti-PC antibodies also seem to be involved in the clearance of apoptotic cells. Rahman et al. 1 found that anti-PC and anti-MDA antibodies increased macrophage phagocytosis of ...

An estimated 1.8 million individuals worldwide became newly infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in 2017, including 160,000 children under the age of 15. Currently, no cure exists for HIV, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Because many patients with acute hepatitis B lack detectable hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), a radioimmunoassay for IgM antibody to ...

A team of scientists from Texas Biomedical Research Institute have homed in on an antibody that could protect against infection with HIV-1. As reported in the journal AIDS, Dr Ruth Ruprecht and ...

West Nile virus (WNV) is now established in the U.S., and clinicians are learning to recognize signs and symptoms of infection and to confirm diagnoses. These investigators assessed WNV-reactive ...

IGM Biosciences is developing antibodies that are different from most monoclonal antibodies currently in use. They have two main pipeline projects focused on cancer and rheumatologic disease. The ...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. regulators are moving ahead with a crackdown on scores of antibody tests for the coronavirus that have not yet been shown to work. The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday ...

Antibodies—proteins that are produced by our immune system to protect us—are crucial for recognizing and getting rid of unwanted substances, or antigens, in our body. Although their role is universal, ...

Bite by an Aedes mosquito. This species can transmit diseases such as chikungunya, dengue, and Zika. Credit: NIAID (Photo by: IMAGE POINT FR/NIH/NIAID/BSIP ...

Researchers have analyzed the antibody Immunoglobulin M in rainbow trout to shed some light on why these proteins may have evolved over time. Antibodies -- proteins that are produced by our immune ...