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antibody

[an-ti-bod-ee] / ˈæn tɪˌbɒd i /




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B cells can influence healing through antibody production and by affecting macrophage polarization.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

AstraZeneca is testing its Datroway antibody drug conjugate in combination with its PD-L1 medicine Imfinzi for lung cancer in a late-stage clinical trial.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

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

Scientists have long been interested in the extraordinary evolutionary success of these bats, and their unusual antibody system may provide part of the explanation.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 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

My dermatologist in Washington, D.C., didn’t even know a blood test could measure alpha-gal antibodies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

The sugar, found in most mammals but not in humans, prompts the antibodies that trigger an allergic reaction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 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

Within them, T follicular helper cells support B cells, which can then produce large quantities of antibodies that help the body fight infections and disease.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

Against other illnesses, though—including measles, mumps, rubella, pertussis, and the now defeated smallpox—our antibodies stimulated by one infection confer lifelong immunity.

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


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