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Intranasal vaccine may provide long-term protection against multiple flu strains

Intranasal flu vaccines may be able to provide long-lasting protection against pandemic flu strains, according to a new study from immunologists at Columbia University Medical Center.

19 Jul 2016

Biochemists design genetic poison pill to thwart coxsackievirus B3

It has a funny name - coxsackievirus - but there's nothing funny about how this tiny germ and its close relatives sicken their hosts.

18 Jul 2016

Cancer immunotherapy could treat HIV

A type of immunotherapy that has shown promising results against cancer could also be used against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

17 Jul 2016

Researchers identify novel therapeutic monoclonal antibodies from Zika-infected patients

A team of researchers from the Institute for Research in Biomedicine and the Swiss biotech company Humabs BioMed SA has identified novel therapeutic monoclonal antibody candidates isolated from Zika-infected patients and new strategies for Zika virus diagnostics.

14 Jul 2016

Research shows biglycan molecule plays key role in determining tumour malignancy

Researchers at Hokkaido University in Japan have demonstrated that a molecule, called biglycan, plays an intrinsic role in attracting tumour cells toward the inner wall of tumour blood vessels.

14 Jul 2016

The Wistar Institute and partners receive HIV cure research grant to test novel immunotherapies

The Wistar Institute is pleased to announce that the National Institutes of Health has awarded a nearly $23 million Martin Delaney Collaboratories for HIV Cure Research grant to the BEAT-HIV: Delaney Collaboratory to Cure HIV-1 Infection by Combination Immunotherapy, a consortium of top HIV researchers led by co-principal investigators Luis J. Montaner, D.V.M., D.Phil., director of the HIV-1 Immunopathogenesis Laboratory at The Wistar Institute Vaccine Center, and James L. Riley, Ph.D., research associate professor at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

13 Jul 2016

Antibodies from survivors of filovirus infection may offer protection against other filoviral diseases

Ebola and Marburg filovirus disease outbreaks have typically occurred as isolated events, confined to central Africa.

13 Jul 2016

Scientists discover new biological defense system against pathogenic microorganisms

For the first time in the world, a group of researchers discovered a human immune receptor, which detects the invasion of pathogenic microorganisms.

13 Jul 2016

Researchers identify mechanisms triggering hypergammaglobulinemia

Some autoimmune diseases and persistent infections are characterized by high levels of antibodies in the blood. But what are the causes of this hypergammaglobulinemia? A team headed by INRS's Professor Simona Stäger has successfully identified the mechanisms triggering the phenomenon.

12 Jul 2016

Researchers make successful vaccine formulation that targets proteins linked to Alzheimer’s disease

With more than 7.5 million new cases of Alzheimer’s disease a year, the race to find a vaccine and effective treatment for dementia is growing by the day.

12 Jul 2016

CNIO study shows proinflammatory molecule IL-17A can be key factor in development of NASH and HCC

Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a serious hepatic condition that precedes hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and is currently untreatable.

12 Jul 2016

H3N2v-neutralizing antibodies produced from human subjects given candidate vaccine

Influenza A viruses are responsible for seasonal disease outbreaks in humans. Influenza A also circulates among bird and some mammal populations and periodically crosses between species.

8 Jul 2016

MGH researchers discover how obesity increases inflammation, desmoplasia in PDAC patients

Massachusetts General Hospital investigators have discovered the mechanism by which obesity increases inflammation and desmoplasia - an accumulation of connective tissue - in the most common form of pancreatic cancer.

7 Jul 2016

Innovative nanobubble treatment finds and destroys cancer cells in mice

Innovative technology developed by NIH-funded researchers has been able to find and facilitate the killing of cancer cells in mice without harming the nearby healthy tissue.

7 Jul 2016

Experts discuss potential of DNA origami

Ten years after its introduction, DNA origami, a fast and simple way to assemble DNA into potentially useful structures, is finally coming into its own.

7 Jul 2016

New ESMO guidelines reflect personalized approach for management of metastatic colorectal cancer

ESMO, the leading European professional organisation for medical oncology, has released new consensus guidelines for the management of metastatic colorectal cancer that reflect an increasingly personalized approach to treatment, as published online today in Annals of Oncology.

7 Jul 2016

Penn researchers develop low-cost genetic test for Zika virus

University of Pennsylvania engineers have developed a rapid, low-cost genetic test for the Zika virus.

6 Jul 2016

MorphoSys receives clinical milestone for start of Phase 1 trial in prevention of thrombosis with novel antibody

MorphoSys AG announced that it has received a milestone payment from Novartis in connection with the initiation of a clinical phase 1 trial with a novel HuCAL antibody. The antibody will be tested in the field of prevention of thrombosis. This is the twelfth therapeutic antibody based on MorphoSys's technologies that Novartis is evaluating in clinical trials. Financial details were not disclosed.

6 Jul 2016

Scientists discover new genetic variations linked to increased myeloma risk

Researchers have identified eight new genetic variations in the human genome that could be linked to an increased risk of developing myeloma. The findings provide additional evidence and build on existing research that suggests myeloma can run in families.

5 Jul 2016

MIT engineers develop new way to visualize RNA molecules in higher resolution

Cells contain thousands of messenger RNA molecules, which carry copies of DNA's genetic instructions to the rest of the cell. MIT engineers have now developed a way to visualize these molecules in higher resolution than previously possible in intact tissues, allowing researchers to precisely map the location of RNA throughout cells.

4 Jul 2016

Antibodies News and Research

Intranasal vaccine may provide long-term protection against multiple flu strains

Biochemists design genetic poison pill to thwart coxsackievirus B3

Cancer immunotherapy could treat HIV

Researchers identify novel therapeutic monoclonal antibodies from Zika-infected patients

Research shows biglycan molecule plays key role in determining tumour malignancy

The Wistar Institute and partners receive HIV cure research grant to test novel immunotherapies

Antibodies from survivors of filovirus infection may offer protection against other filoviral diseases

Scientists discover new biological defense system against pathogenic microorganisms

Researchers identify mechanisms triggering hypergammaglobulinemia

Researchers make successful vaccine formulation that targets proteins linked to Alzheimer’s disease

CNIO study shows proinflammatory molecule IL-17A can be key factor in development of NASH and HCC

H3N2v-neutralizing antibodies produced from human subjects given candidate vaccine

MGH researchers discover how obesity increases inflammation, desmoplasia in PDAC patients

Innovative nanobubble treatment finds and destroys cancer cells in mice

Experts discuss potential of DNA origami

New ESMO guidelines reflect personalized approach for management of metastatic colorectal cancer

Penn researchers develop low-cost genetic test for Zika virus

MorphoSys receives clinical milestone for start of Phase 1 trial in prevention of thrombosis with novel antibody

Scientists discover new genetic variations linked to increased myeloma risk

MIT engineers develop new way to visualize RNA molecules in higher resolution

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