An army of defensive cells protects the body against invasion by foreign substances: the antigens. The specialized functions of these various "inflammatory" cells are now being clarified ...

Antibodies lock on to the antigen but do not kill it — they only ... People are born with some level of immunity that will attack invaders from day one. This innate immunity includes the ...

The antigens on a person's red blood cells are recognized as safe by the immune system, but someone with type B blood will have antibodies that attack type A antigens, for example. Another ...

A super-resolution microscopy technique offers an unparalleled glimpse into how monoclonal antibodies bind to their targets ...

Antibodies bind to specific antigens on pathogens. This means that only one type of antibody will bind to a matching antigen. For example, an antibody that can recognise an antigen on the ...

Since monoclonal antibodies are highly specific for a single antigen, researchers wanted to leverage this ability to specifically target cancer cells. However, at the time, their pursuits to use these ...

Not just IgG4 antibodies that become predominant in the many-jabbed, but also lesser studied IgG2, researchers find. NIH ...

Mapping an antibody’s epitope, where it binds a target, can now be done in three dimensions, which optimizes the selection of application-specific antibodies.

Data were summarized with the search of 'colorectal' and 'antibody' as of August 2012 at ClinicalTrials.gov [202]. EGFR: EGF receptor; mAb: Monoclonal antibody; VEGFR: VEGF receptor. The authors ...

‘Mono’ means one and 'clone' means identical copy. Monoclonal antibodies are, therefore, identical copies of one type of antibody. Antibodies bind to specific antigens on pathogens. This means ...