In a recent online publication in Science China Life Sciences, researchers from the laboratory of Leng-Siew Yeap at the Shanghai Institute of Immunology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of ...

Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne pathogen that belongs to the flavivirus genus of Flaviviridae, other flavivirus in this family include dengue fever virus (DENV), West Nile virus (WNV), yellow ...

Pathogens can create sticky situations. When microbes invade the body to cause an infection, often one of their first lines of attack is to cling tenaciously to the surfaces of targeted human cells.

Pathogens can create sticky situations. When microbes invade the body to cause an infection, often one of their first lines of attack is to cling tenaciously to the surfaces of targeted human cells.

Catalytic antibodies (abzymes) represent a class of immunoglobulins with both antigen recognition and enzymatic functions. In autoimmune diseases they emerge spontaneously or in response to chronic ...

Antibodies are most well-known for their ability to recognize and bind specific antigens—a property that has made them indispensable for both the laboratory and clinic. However, antibodies are not ...

In all patients, results of a platelet factor 4 (PF4)–induced platelet-activation (PIPA) assay were strongly positive, and serum from all the patients tested strongly positive against PF4 alone in a ...

Both agents, and those on the horizon, have unique toxicities based on their antibody construct, mechanism of action, or related on-target side effects. In this study, we review the therapeutic ...

Antibodies are a workhorse reagent for semiquantitative protein assays like Western blots. But they are notoriously finicky. Credit: Alamy A group of research integrity activists say they have found ...

Those who suffer myasthenia gravis experience muscle weakness that can affect the muscles we use to blink, smile and move our bodies. Researchers used a cutting-edge imaging technique to uncover new ...