Antibodies are best known for their ability to latch onto and neutralize bacteria, viruses and other pathogens. But these ...

Antibodies are best known for their ability to latch onto and neutralize bacteria, viruses and other pathogens. But these immune proteins can do more than that: They also activate other components of ...

First described for rickettsiae, the plaque assay methods have been adapted to other intracellular bacterial pathogens. There is no single model, thus each assay should be refined depending on the ...

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Together they developed an antibody that can identify C. jejuni and inhibit the bacteria's growth. This monoclonal antibody reacts to a multiprotein complex known as QcrC, the expression of which ...

Development of fully human TCR-mimic antibodies targeting intracellular tumor antigens using humanized RenTCR-mimic transgenic mice [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer ...

The gut bacteria that help vaccines work Our gut ... This decrease in Bifidobacterium was directly linked to weaker antibody responses to key vaccines, including those protecting against ...

Surgery should be reserved for patients with a ruptured abscess, with bacterial superinfection, or when an abscess cannot be accessed by the percutaneous route.

While most tick bites are harmless, some can spread bacterial infections like Lyme disease ... Mice immunized with either of the modified proteins produced high titers of antibody. The researchers ...

Research by UMass Chan Medical School scientists Sharon Cantor, Ph.D., and Jenna M. Whalen, Ph.D., poses a new explanation for how cancer-fighting drugs attack and destroy BRCA1 and BRCA2 tumor ...