Sentences with phrase «such as antibody»

«Now you have a way to test efficacy of future vaccines or future therapeutics, whether those therapeutics are drugs that exist already that could be used in a different way for a different purpose, or new classes of drugs such as antibody - based therapeutics that would be more specifically against Zika,» Diamond said.

The cell assays are based on blood samples or tissue biopsies from these patients, and readouts are either specific, such as antibody production or the production of proinflammatory cytokines, or wider, such as proteomic effects of the probes.

Many popular methods, such as antibody labeling, are used to add physical fluorescent labels to specific cellular constituents.

«The conventional way to create a targeted fluorophore is to take a targeting ligand, such as an antibody, and hook it up to the lightbulb to create a new hybrid molecule.

When the immune system stumbles upon an unknown foreign invader for the first time, it often takes days before lashing out with full force — a time during which T cells start dividing and differentiating into specialized cells, such as antibody - producing B cells and killer T cells.

This pathway is crucial for the function and survival of secretory cells such as antibody - producing plasma cells.

Accepted proposals, evaluated by a joint industry - academic committee, receive staff funding, supplies, and access to company resources such as antibody libraries and instruments.

Biosensors work by detecting a biological element (enzymes, whole cells or affinity biomolecules such as antibodies) and relaying the information through an electrical, optical or thermal signal.

You do lose a few things when you decide to formula feed, such as antibodies that are found in breast milk.

Human milk is a bodily fluid which, apart from being an excellent nutritional source for the growing infant, also contains a variety of immune components such as antibodies, growth factors, cytokines, antimicrobial compounds, and specific immune cells [9].

And no wonder he tries so hard: moms» milk always contains a lot of extremely useful things for him such as antibodies, iron, calcium, vitamins, etc., and no matter how much time he is already breastfed — 1 month or 1 year.

The biological molecules increase the sensitivity of the material, meaning it can sense extremely low concentrations of substances, such as antibodies, and thus potentially detect diseases in their earliest stages.

Moreover, companies are moving into the use of new types of therapeutic proteins such as antibodies, which are only effective at high doses.

The newly crafted molecule is non-toxic, simple to produce, and cost - effective compared to the production of alternate treatment strategies, such as antibodies and small molecule inhibitors.

We have shown that T cells can locally produce commercial therapeutics (such as antibodies) in a solid tumor.

The selective binding of specific bacterial species and / or strains in current practice requires expensive «cold - chain» reagents such as antibodies which often preclude using these processes outside of a hospital setting or in developing nations.

This discovery provides hope that possible therapeutics, such as antibodies, would be able to access infecting viruses that are not hidden within a virological synapse.»

This may include developing specialty reagents such as antibodies, mice, or proteins.

Insects» immune systems lack adaptable weapons such as antibodies, but they can still be strikingly effective.

Adding RRIDs to your research resources such as antibodies, model organisms, and tools to your paper or grant!

The dkNET portal contains information about research resources such as antibodies, vectors and mouse strains, data, protocols, and literature.

We show that synNotch receptors can be used to sculpt custom response programs in primary T cells: they can drive a la carte cytokine secretion profiles, biased T cell differentiation, and local delivery of non-native therapeutic payloads, such as antibodies, in response to antigen.

In other applications, they are used to deliver genes that provide instructions for generating molecules such as antibodies or fluorescent proteins that help researchers study, identify, and track certain cells.

Not exact matches

When the body is invaded by a foreign agent such as a virus, antibodies are formed to neutralize the virus.

** The immunological defense system of the soft mucosa, which may produce antibacterial and antiviral proteins such as lysozyme, also found in mothers milk, and plasma cells, which secrete immunoglobulin antibodies.

These antibodies confer temporary immunity against bacteria and viruses to which the mother is already immune, such as measles and mumps.

It is safe and contains antibodies that help protect infants from common childhood illnesses — such as diarrhea and pneumonia, the two primary causes of child mortality worldwide.

In fact, nutrients such as protein and fat show an increase in concentration in the breastmilk when toddlers nurse, and the antibody levels rise also in the second year.

Babies are fed large amounts of immune cells, such as leukocytes, and antibodies called secretory immunoglobulin A (IgA) passed from the mother to help fight against many harmful agents.

It contains all the necessary ingredients such as nutrients, antibodies, etc. that not only provide the baby with nourishment but also protects it from certain diseases such as allergies, respiratory diseases, asthma, etc..

During this clinically silent period, however, there may be indicators of dysfunction on a cellular level, such as the elevated levels of S100B antibody found in the cerebral spinal fluid in the football players in the study, even six months after the end of the season, which he said, could «potentially herald -LSB--RSB- the early stages of [chronic traumatic encephalopathy] or CTE.»

Baby formulas are produced in such a way as to mimic as closely as possible the nutritional value of mother's milk, although they don't contain the infection - fighting antibodies that are contained in breast milk.

Antibodies: Proteins in the blood produced in reaction to foreign substances, such as bacteria and viruses that cause infection.

Other foods that are often suggested (such as Pedialyte, sports drinks, gelatins and sodas) offer little nutritional value and none of the antibodies that human milk contains.

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Antibodies are blood proteins produced in response to substances that the body recognizes as alien, such as bacteria and viruses.

By the time a mother with a normal immune system is infectious with a virus such as Cytomegalovirus (CMV), she has already donated copious amounts of antibodies (as the titers of antibodies within her blood increase drastically).

Your breast milk is packed with antibodies to protect your little one against infection, as well as reduce the likelihood of them developing allergies such as asthma and eczema.

Blood specimens which will be tested for antibodies to arboviruses such as tickborne Powassan virus at a lab in the David Axelrod Institute on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (Will Waldron / Times Union)

To target liposomes to certain tissues or cells, such as tumour cells, a specific binder of a unique protein (an antigen) on the targeted cell, known as a monoclonal antibody, must be linked to the liposome surface.

«In the case of multiple sclerosis, as a patient progresses through steps of the disease, their body generates novel antibodies or higher existing antibody titers against certain proteins, such as myelination proteins.

Larger biomarker signatures can be detected with technology from CDI Laboratories, which offers microarrays of functional human proteins (over 20,000 on a single array) to test the antibodies present in human liquid biopsy samples, such as blood, serum, plasma, CSF, or tissue lysates.

Data withholding potentially limits this fundamental quality control process when authors refuse to share unique resources (such as Montgomery's Abc1 antibody) necessary to confirm scientific claims.

Of people seeking access to biomaterials referred to in published work (such as the cell lines, tissues, antibodies, and reagents), 35 % were denied access to these materials at least once in the last 3 years.

Researchers have made headway in understanding the H5N1 virus; they have created new vaccines and are looking into other possible treatments, such as using antibodies from survivors.

Second, the overdose of antibodies can cause side effects such as an autoimmune disorder.»

Novartis currently employs over 1,200 people in Cambridge and plans to continue expanding albeit only in specific areas such as biologic drugs like monoclonal antibodies and RNA interference molecules.

Many drugs are re-engineered proteins such as converted antibodies (for example, drugs whose names end in - mab).

The immune system normally produces antibodies to attack foreign substances in the body, such as bacteria.