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Newly identified antibody can be targeted by HIV vaccines: Study
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 20 (ANI): A newly-identified group of antibodies that binds to a coating of sugars on the outer shell of HIV is effective in neutralizing the virus and points to a novel vaccine approach that could also potentially be used against SARS-CoV-2 and fungal pathogens, researc
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IAS officer-turned-actor launches hassle-free plasma donation, oxygen taxi
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): The sudden surge in COVID-19 cases in the country has led to an increased demand for oxygen supply and blood plasma from people who have recovered from the viral infection with antibodies against Coronavirus.
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Study finds treatment for brain disease transmitted by tick bites
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], April 12 (ANI): The findings of a new study describe antibodies capable of neutralizing the virus transmitted by tick bites. These so-called broadly neutralizing antibodies have shown promise in preventing Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in mice and could inform the development
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Study sheds light on reverse-order heart-liver transplant's benefits for c
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Minnesota [US], April 2 (ANI): Traditionally, surgeons transplant the heart first followed by the liver. But Mayo Clinic heart transplant team decided to reverse the order for highly sensitised patients in the hopes that the liver would absorb some of the patient's antibodies, removing them
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Measles virus expressing the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein stabilized in its pr
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 13 (ANI): An attenuated measles virus expressing the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein stabilized in its prefusion form induced higher levels of SARS-CoV-2-specific neutralizing antibodies in cotton rats than a virus expressing native full-length spike protein, scientists said
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Safe, highly efficacious measles virus-based vaccine expressing SARS-CoV-2
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 10 (ANI): Researchers have found that an attenuated measles virus expressing the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein stabilized in its prefusion form induced higher levels of SARS-CoV-2-specific neutralizing antibodies in cotton rats than a virus expressing native full-length spi
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Scientists discover new way to facilitate development of antibody-based dr
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], March 5 (ANI): Keeping an eye on the recent therapeutic antibodies discoveries that have transformed the treatment of cancer, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a new, efficient method based on genetic scissors CRISPR-Cas9, that facilitates antibody d
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Less than 10 pc of world's population have coronavirus antibodies: WHO Chi
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 1 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that less than 10 per cent of the global population have antibodies to the coronavirus, WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan said.
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Coronavirus antibodies are moved from pregnant ladies to their infants, st
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], February 28 (ANI): A study drove by the 'American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology' discovered that the antibodies that help in guarding against the COVID-19 infection are transferred from mothers to their babies while in the womb.
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Herd immunity by natural infection very difficult, says AIIMS Director Gul
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 24 (ANI): Sero surveillance data has shown that only around 20 to 25 per cent of individuals across the country have positive antibodies, so herd immunity by natural infection is very difficult to achieve, according to All India Institute of Medical Sc
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COVID antibodies are transferred from pregnant women to their babies
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], February 23 (ANI): The findings of a recent study suggested that antibodies that help in guarding against the COVID-19 virus are transferred from mothers to their babies while in the womb.
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Antibodies against COVID-19 detected in 56.13 pc population in Delhi's 5th
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI): Delhi's Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Tuesday informed that in the fifth Sero survey done in the national capital, antibodies against the COVID-19 have been detected in 56.13 per cent of the population.
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