antibody tag - The Hippocratic Post

December 4, 2023

Being overweight hampers immune response to SARS-CoV-2

Being overweight hampers immune response to SARS-CoV-2: University of Queensland-led research shows being overweight can impair the body’s antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 infection but not...

October 27, 2022

Finger-prick blood test identifies immunity to COVID-19

A finger-prick blood test can identify people most at risk of being reinfected with COVID-19. The simple test, developed by a small biotech firm based in...

July 14, 2021

Freedom Day could return us all to house arrest

PM's statement comment: Freedom Day could return us all to house arrest because it's based on the wrong data, says London Medical Laboratory: The London...

September 30, 2020

Prostate cancer: immunotherapy offers hope

An antibody for treating advanced prostate cancer improves progression-free survival in patients with metastasised, castration-resistant prostate cancer. This is the finding of the long-term analyses...

May 28, 2020

Covid-19: Expert comment on antibody tests

By Professor Georgina Ellison-Hughes, Dr Rocio Martinez-Nunez and Dr Rui Ribeiro Galao, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King's College London With promises of antibody...

June 13, 2019

Identification of Protective Antibodies may be the Key to Effective Malaria Vaccine

An Oxford-led study has identified the antibodies that may hold the key to creating the first effective vaccine against malaria infection in the blood. Researchers...

February 7, 2019

Brand new drug kills cancer cells from within

A brand new type of cancer drug that acts as a ‘Trojan horse’ to get inside tumour cells has shown promise in patients with six...

July 17, 2018

Allergy antibody may protect skin against cancer

An allergy antibody known as Immunoglobulin E, or IgE, may protect the skin against cancer, according to new study led by scientists at Imperial College,...