Oncology & Cancer
Study shows promising results for immunotherapy targeting skin cancer
A new class of immunotherapy shows promising results for fighting the most aggressive form of skin cancer.
Apr 25, 2023
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News tagged with antibody responses
Immunology
Sanofi vaccine: What to know about this protein-based COVID booster being offered in the UK
In the UK, a spring booster campaign has recently begun, offering an additional vaccine to people at highest risk from COVID. Between April and June 2023 people aged over 75, residents in care homes and children and adults ...
Apr 17, 2023
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Immunology
Study: COVID-19 mRNA booster vaccinations increased and sustained antibody responses
Booster vaccinations against SARS-CoV-2 are being promoted worldwide to counter the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Recent studies on the effectiveness of the third dose of the vaccine found improved efficacy ...
Mar 23, 2023
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Vaccination
Study: Experimental COVID shot made via egg-based technology elicits higher antibody proportion than mRNA vax
An experimental COVID-19 vaccine produced with technology based on a decades-old method, elicited virus-neutralizing antibodies in higher proportion than the amount induced by mRNA immunizations, a Phase 1 clinical trial ...
HIV & AIDS
New insights into how patient factors and COVID-19 infection affect antibody responses in people with HIV
People with HIV have impaired immune responses to some pathogens and immunizations, and during the COVID-19 pandemic, they often experienced severe symptoms if infected with SARS‐CoV‐2. New research led by investigators ...
Mar 9, 2023
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Medications
First nasal monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19 shows promise for treating virus, other diseases
A pilot trial by investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham health care system, tested the nasal administration of the drug Foralumab, an anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody. Investigators ...
Mar 8, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Molecular change to immunotherapy antibody could accelerate immune response to cancer
On the road, putting a foot on the gas or brake pedal controls the car's speed. This also happens in our body, in driving an immune response. Like human drivers, antibodies have a "foot"—a sort of molecular limb that "presses" ...
Mar 6, 2023
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Immunology
How your first COVID-19 vaccination could 'hurt' subsequent boosters
The original vaccinations for COVID-19 induce potent antibodies that protect against SARS-CoV-2.
Feb 15, 2023
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Immunology
New study shows antibody responses typically equalize over time, but some patients could be left behind
A new analysis by Cedars-Sinai investigators is furthering the scientific community's understanding of COVID-19 immunity by showing that similar levels of COVID-19 antibodies are reached over an extended period of time in ...
Jan 10, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID: On the lookout for new antibodies
A team of researchers at FAU and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen has gained new insights into the maturation of SARS-CoV-specific antibodies after multiple vaccinations with the Comirnaty mRNA vaccine. They have now published ...
Jan 9, 2023
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