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antibody

[an-ti-bod-ee] / ˈæn tɪˌbɒd i /




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Human clinical trials of their antibody drugs against bird flu and other viruses in the flu family are planned for next year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Some people are AnWj negative because of inherited MAL changes, while others can lose AnWj expression because of disease and develop an antibody against a marker their cells previously carried.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

The strongest results came when the modified natural killer cells were combined with cetuximab, a monoclonal antibody that helps mark certain cancer cells for immune attack.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

The researchers used one of the first approaches to examine a broad antibody "fingerprint" present before vaccination as a measure of immune readiness.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026

If there are conflicts with your original brain tissue...signals that might create almost an antibody effect...one trying to override the other...that’s why we have backups.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

Now, in a biotech lab in Boston, Red Queen Bio scientists are testing samples of flu antibodies and feeding the results to their AI models.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

The company plans to focus in coming months on antibodies for coronaviruses, ebola-like viruses, bat-borne viruses, hemorrhagic-fever viruses, smallpox-like viruses and other potential threats.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

If an AnWj negative person develops antibodies against AnWj and then receives AnWj positive blood, those antibodies can attack the transfused red blood cells.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

After all, if the infection’s gone, what use are the antibodies?

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

The specific antibodies that we gradually build up against a particular microbe infecting us make us less likely to get reinfected once we become cured.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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