A new USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology study challenges existing ideas of how buildup of a protein called amyloid beta (Aβ) in the brain is related to Alzheimer's disease.
Jan 6, 2023
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Millions of Americans don't have easy access to facilities that dispense oral antiviral treatments for COVID-19, according to a new Yale study. In some parts of the country, researchers found, people have to travel 30 minutes ...
Jan 3, 2023
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In February 2022, the UK government abandoned its remaining pandemic restrictions in favor of "living with COVID". This approach relies largely on vaccines protecting people from severe disease.
Dec 21, 2022
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Researchers at Michigan Medicine have devised a new biomarker-based strategy to screen for a rare and deadly complication caused by monoclonal antibodies used to treat several cancers.
Dec 20, 2022
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Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered an antibody with the potential to protect against Strep A infection, as well as a rare form of antibody binding, that leads to an effective immune response against ...
Dec 12, 2022
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Nearly three years into the pandemic, many of us now carry antibodies against the virus—due to an infection or two, a few doses of mRNA vaccine, or a round of monoclonal-antibody treatment. But not all immune responses ...
Dec 6, 2022
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The last of six COVID monoclonal antibody treatments has lost its federal authorization because, like the others, it no longer works against the newest Omicron subvariants.
Dec 5, 2022
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A research team led by the University of California, Riverside, has discovered important details about how therapeutically relevant human monoclonal antibodies can protect against Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever virus, or ...
Nov 28, 2022
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Immune checkpoint inhibitors such as Keytruda and Opdivo work by unleashing the immune system's T cells to attack tumor cells. Their introduction a decade ago marked a major advance in cancer therapy, but only 10% to 30% ...
Nov 15, 2022
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Type I interferon (IFN) is a powerful immune activator that is present at high levels in the majority of patients with lupus, an autoimmune disease. In Arthritis & Rheumatology, researchers report positive results from the ...
Nov 12, 2022
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