New DNA Technology Based on CRISPR Could Revolutionize Medical Diagnostics
Scientists have repurposed the genetic modification technology CRISPR to identify antibodies in patient blood samples in a move that could inspire a new class of…
Antibodies News
One Dose of a New Monoclonal Antibody Safely Prevents Malaria
One dose of a new monoclonal antibody discovered and developed at the National Institutes of Health safely prevented malaria for up to nine months in…
SARS-CoV-2 Nanobodies Are Remarkably Active Against Mutations Found in COVID Variants – Including Delta
Near-Atomic Look at Three Ways To Thwart SARS-CoV-2 Variants SARS-CoV-2 nanobodies—microscopic molecules developed at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine that neutralize the virus…
COVID Antibodies Remain Stable – or Even Increase – 7 Months After Infection
The SEROCOV study also provides evidence that pre-existing antibodies to common cold coronaviruses may be protective. The levels of IgG antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 spike protein…
Highly Potent COVID Treatment: New Nanobodies Stop SARS-CoV-2 and Its Dangerous Variants
Göttingen researchers have developed mini-antibodies that efficiently block the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and its dangerous new variants. These so-called nanobodies bind and neutralize the virus up…
New “Atlas” Charts How Antibodies Attack SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Spike Protein Variants
Antibodies capable of neutralizing multiple SARS-CoV-2 strains can inform strategies for broadly protective COVID-19 booster vaccines. As the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 continues to…
COVID-19 Antibodies Last at Least 9 Months After Infection
Testing of an entire Italian town shows antibody levels remain high nine months after SARS-CoV-2 infection, whether symptomatic or asymptomatic. Researchers from the University of…
In the Blood: Antibodies Identified That Best Neutralize the Coronavirus in COVID-19 Patients
Scientists perform the first detailed analysis of different antibodies produced by COVID patients to various parts of SARS-CoV-2. Blood tests to detect antibodies against SARS-CoV-2,…
Antibody-Secreting Cells in the Lung Can Prevent Respiratory Infections From Becoming Severe
Understanding how antibodies and antibody-secreting cells can fight against lung infection will provide new directions for improving vaccines to prevent severe respiratory infection and for…
Antibody Binding-Site Conserved Across COVID-19 Virus Variants – Big Implications for Future Vaccines
The structural revelation could have implications as a therapeutic target in all SARS-CoV-2 variants. A tiny protein of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that gives rise to…
Supercomputer Simulations Reveal How Dominant COVID-19 Strain Binds to Host, Succumbs to Antibodies
Dominant G-form Spike protein ‘puts its head up’ more frequently to latch on to receptors, but that makes it more vulnerable to neutralization. Large-scale supercomputer…
New Research Finds Good News for Designing the Next Generation of Coronaviruses Vaccines
Our Immune Systems Blanket the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein With Antibodies The most complete picture yet is coming into focus of how antibodies produced in people…
Researchers Discover New Disease That Prevents Formation of Antibodies
CHOP team treated patient with the condition, known as PU.MA, thanks to a bone marrow donation from the patient’s older brother. When Luke Terrio was…
How Llamas Wally and Winter Are Helping Scientists Find Effective COVID-19 Treatments
X-rays from Argonne’s Advanced Photon Source turn llama antibodies into potential therapies. While the world has welcomed the news of multiple vaccines against COVID-19, the…
NIH Launches ACTIV-3 Clinical Trial to Test Antibody Treatments in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients
Study aims to determine safety and efficacy of experimental monoclonal antibodies. Patients admitted with COVID-19 at select hospitals may now volunteer to enroll in a…
Using a DNA Construction Kit to Replace Expensive Antibody Medication
Researchers at KU Leuven in Belgium have developed a technique to make sheep produce new antibodies simply by injecting the DNA building blocks. This approach…
Researchers Find Antibody That ‘Neutralizes’ Zika Virus
A team of researchers has isolated a human monoclonal antibody that in a mouse model “markedly reduced” infection by the Zika virus. The antibody, called…
Yale Researchers Reveal How Antibodies Access Neurons to Fight Infection
New research from Yale University reveals how antibodies enter the nervous system to control viral infections. The findings may have implications for the prevention and…
