«This panel of neutralizing antibodies offers the possibility of
developing human monoclonal antibody - based immunotherapy, especially for health care workers,» noted the authors.
Not exact matches
Dupilumab, a fully
human monoclonal antibody discovered by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and being
developed by Regeneron and Sanofi, thwarts activation of the Th2 immune response implicated in asthma by blocking two cytokines, interleukin - 4 and interleukin - 13.
The new inoculation series requires an injection of
human or horse immunoglobulin, which is in short supply in
developing countries, but the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Boston is currently testing a strategy in India that uses
monoclonal antibodies that could one day be easily manufactured in China.
In the current study, Vanderbilt researchers led by graduate student Andrew Flyak, the paper's first author, used a high - efficiency method they
developed to quickly isolate and generate large quantities of
monoclonal human antibodies from the blood of survivors of a 2007 outbreak in Uganda who were infected by the Bundibugyo ebolavirus.
These mice also do not have intact immune systems:
Humans might
develop antibodies to the
monoclonals, rendering them ineffective.
Investigators compared WR321, a non-
human monoclonal IgG
antibody that binds to phosphoinositide lipids,
developed by Dr. Gary Matyas at MHRP, with a
human monoclonal IgG
antibody that in recent studies was found to have lipid - binding characteristics, including binding to phosphoinositides, but also bound to numerous other lipids.