Sentences with phrase «antibodies against the head»

Not only were the mice protected from lethal doses of flu virus, but the protection was also in large part due to the absence of familiar antibodies against the head, the researchers found.

Not exact matches

With no head in place to hoard the immune response, the vaccine might coax the body to make enough stem - focused antibodies to protect against flu, the researchers hoped, regardless of the seasonal mutations occurring at the top.

Most traditional vaccines generate antibodies against the hemagglutinin head.

A Switzerland - wide team of researchers headed by the University of Zurich and University Hospital Zurich conducted an extensive study on the factors responsible for the formation of broadly neutralizing antibodies against HIV.

As HAI antibodies only target the «head» of the HA while ELISA antibodies can be against the head or the relatively conserved «stalk» domain, this result indicated that some individuals were more likely to target the conserved stalk region (i.e. show greater reactivity in ELISA than in HAI).

Unlike antibodies elicited by annual influenza vaccinations, most neutralizing antibodies induced by pandemic H1N1 infection were broadly cross-reactive against epitopes in the hemagglutinin (HA) stalk and head domain of multiple influenza strains.

May 29, 2015 Pembrolizumab shows real promise against head and neck cancer Immunotherapy with the anti-PD-1 antibody pembrolizumab (Keytruda ®) was effective in one out of four patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck cancer, according to results presented at the 2015 meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO).