Researchers have measured the antibody levels and types in hospitalized coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients with different disease severity. Their results suggest gut immune pathways could ...

Adults and older children undergoing reinfection probably constitute an important source of infection for susceptible infants. For this reason it would be desirable to develop immunoprophylactic ...

March 19 (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the ...

Patients with LADA -- a form of autoimmune type 1 diabetes in adulthood -- can be distinguished from patients with non-autoimmune type 2 diabetes by means of the antibody reaction affinity to the ...

Scientists at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine have used injections of antibodies to rapidly reverse the onset of Type I diabetes in mice genetically bred to develop the disease.

We often hold it to be self-evident that antibodies are key to an effective immune response against a pathogen—the more (or more potent) antibodies your body makes, the better it will fight off an ...

Antibodies are essential proteins produced by the immune system that recognize and bind to specific targets, known as antigens. Their high specificity and affinity make antibodies invaluable tools in ...

"At this point the advice remains the same," he said, referring to the vaccines which require two doses. "It's going to be two vaccinations even if you have had COVID in the past. We just don't know ...

Researchers from the German Cancer Research Center have made a discovery that contradicts previous understanding that an antibody only eliminates a specific subgroup of bacteria. Bacteria are ...