HIV-fighting antibodies may lead to new vaccine

The right kind of antibodies can mobilize into a fighting force that can take on HIV, researchers report. The new work could lead to an HIV vaccine.

Sarah Avery-Duke • futurity
Dec. 6, 2019 ~5 min

Injection lets people with severe peanut allergy go nuts

Just days after an injection of an antibody treatment, people with peanut allergies could eat a whole nut's worth of peanut protein.

Erin Digitale-Stanford • futurity
Nov. 14, 2019 ~5 min


Could a universal flu vaccine come from antibody that protects mice?

An antibody that gunks up the machinery that flu viruses use to replicate in mice could be the first step towards a universal flu vaccine.

Tamara Bhandari-Washington University • futurity
Oct. 28, 2019 ~7 min

Antibody could fine-tune recovery from heart attack

An antibody could ease inflammation after heart attack, research finds. And, it's already been tested for clinical use.

Spencer Turney-Vanderbilt • futurity
Sept. 24, 2019 ~3 min

Ebola treatment massively cuts death rate, but it’s no cure

A new treatment for Ebola shows huge promise for cutting the mortality rate, but researchers caution that we haven't cured the disease yet.

Kat McAlpine-Boston • futurity
Aug. 16, 2019 ~9 min

How temp makes some drugs separate like salad dressing

To improve the shelf life of antibody solutions, researchers investigated how cooling renders them cloudy and unusable.

Gail McCormick-Penn State • futurity
July 30, 2019 ~5 min

After stroke, blocking 1 antibody boosts blood vessel repair

In research with mice, scientists have discovered that deactivating one antibody can help repair blood vessels and restore motor function after stroke.

U. Zurich • futurity
June 26, 2019 ~3 min

Discovery could lead to better maternal vaccines

A new discovery could lead to safer and more effective maternal vaccines, which protect pregnant women and their newborns from dangerous infections.

Sarah Avery-Duke • futurity
June 14, 2019 ~3 min


Antibodies that target flu’s ‘stalk’ protect people

"...stalk antibodies may be able to provide protection against influenza and could enable scientists to design a broader, more effective influenza vaccine."

Nardy Baeza Bickel-Michigan • futurity
June 6, 2019 ~5 min

‘pClick’ upgrades antibodies with drug add-ons

Scientists have created a simple but effective way to attach drugs or other substances to antibodies. "The efficiency was a surprise."

Mike Williams-Rice • futurity
Nov. 14, 2018 ~4 min

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