Several tests have been developed for detecting the genetic material of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes COVID-19, but these generally only allow detection of the virus during acute infection. Antibody, or serological, ...
Apr 24, 2020
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Dr. Dipender Gill from St George's, along with researchers from the Medical Research Council Biostatistics Unit (part of the University of Cambridge) and University Hospital Wales in Cardiff, have published an editorial piece ...
Sep 3, 2020
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Although COVID-19 booster vaccinations in adults elicit high levels of neutralizing antibodies against the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, antibody levels decrease substantially within 3 months, according to new clinical trial ...
Jul 19, 2022
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Insights into how the first vaccine ever reported to modestly prevent HIV infection in people might have worked were published online today in the New England Journal of Medicine. Scientists have found that among adults who ...
Apr 4, 2012
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A new study finds significant associations between antibodies for multiple oral bacteria and the risk of pancreatic cancer, adding support for the emerging idea that the ostensibly distant medical conditions are related.
Sep 18, 2012
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Researchers at Amsterdam UMC have discovered why patients become seriously ill after being infected with the coronavirus. They identified that aberrant antibody responses are the main cause of becoming critically ill. In ...
May 12, 2021
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A recent study looked at the strength, durability and breadth of neutralizing antibody responses generated by breakthrough infections in individuals vaccinated against SARS-CoV2.
Jan 21, 2022
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People who survive serious COVID-19 infections have long-lasting immune responses against the virus, according to a new study led by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). The study, published in Science Immunology, ...
Oct 8, 2020
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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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(Medical Xpress) -- A vaccine delivered to the skin using a microneedle patch gives better protection against the H1N1 influenza virus than a vaccine delivered through subcutaneous or intramuscular injection, researchers ...
Jul 12, 2011
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