Sentences with phrase «such high levels of antibodies»
«This study is important because it has the potential to change the way we approach kidney transplantation,» says the study's principal investigator, E. Steve Woodle, MD, UC Health transplant surgeon and director of the division of transplantation at the UC College of Medicine, who adds: «This also may benefit 10 to 20 percent of heart and pancreas transplant candidates who often have such high levels of antibodies that transplantation is nearly impossible.»
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High levels of such antibodies are made in approximately 20 percent of individuals with HIV infection.
The study, published in the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Journal, evaluated the levels of infliximab, an antibody designed to bind to and block the effects of TNF - alpha, an inflammatory protein found in high levels in patients with IBD, such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, and numerous other inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis.
To establish whether a kennel has parvovirus, test some of the breeding animals for antibodies, their titres will be much higher if they have been naturally exposed compared to post-vaccinal levels (such tests can be carried out by Companion Animal Diagnostics, University of Glasgow Veterinary School).