Antibodies

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In this file photo a man receives a dose of the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine. (Photo:AFP)

Many now have immunity against COVID-19

Yet, don't lower guard, say experts; Third Wave likely anytime now

26 Jul 2021 12:22 AM

The study adds to the growing body of evidence that vaccines using pioneering mRNA technology -- such as BioNTech and Moderna -- offer better protection against the coronavirus. (AFP file photo)

BioNTech produces 10 times more antibodies than China's Sinovac: study

Those who received Sinovac had 'similar or lower' levels of antibodies to those seen in patients who caught and fought off the disease

16 Jul 2021 12:16 PM

A medic administers a dose of COVID-19 vaccine to a man, at Nair hospital in Mumbai, Monday, June 14, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Covid recovered people need only one dose of vaccine: AIG Study

The study concluded that the single dose of vaccine does offer protection and creates the immune memory required to fight the virus

15 Jun 2021 12:45 AM

The presence of antibodies indicates previous exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus but may not always translate into protection against the disease, say scientists. (PTI Photo)

Antibodies may not guarantee protection against COVID-19, say scientists

The scientist noted that surveys are reporting people as just 'positive' or 'negative' and not analysing antibody levels present in blood

08 Sep 2020 1:52 PM

A person gives his sample for Covid testing. (PTI Photo)

29% of Delhi's population has antibodies against COVID-19, says August sero-survey

Sero-prevalence of antibodies found in males was 28.3 per cent, and in females 32.2 per cent in the latest survey, the minister said

20 Aug 2020 1:22 PM

Asia shares, oil rally on vaccine hopes. (AP Photo)

Asia shares, oil rally on hopes for coronavirus vaccine

Oil prices jumped to their highest in over two months, as the easing of global lockdowns boosted

19 May 2020 9:15 AM

When infection strikes, the body starts making proteins called antibodies specially designed to target that germ. Those antibodies float in survivors' blood - specifically plasma, the yellowish liquid part of blood - for months, even years

Blood transfusions, a treatment used for 1918 Spanish Flu, may help manage coronavirus

Patients are infused with blood plasma teeming with immune molecules that helped coronavirus survivors though there's no proof it will work.

03 Apr 2020 6:15 PM

$Enteroviruses are hugely common, and doctors don’t know why only a tiny fraction of those infected develop the ailment. (Photo: AP)$

This virus is to be blamed for mysterious illness and paralysis in children

Study points to virus as culprit in kids' paralysing illness.

22 Oct 2019 10:39 AM

There are currently only two approved drugs to treat dry eye, and they don't work for everyone, especially those with severe disease. (Photo: AN()

Cure for dry eyes can be made from human antibodies

Antibody-based eye drop may treat dry eye disease: Study.

16 Oct 2019 10:32 AM

According to the researchers, to help the newborn immune system learn to discriminate between friend and foe, mothers transfer antibodies to their infants via the placenta. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Immune system of new born is transferred from mothers

Here is how mother's immunity transfers to her baby.

17 Jun 2019 9:38 AM

Modified viruses, are regarded as safe and highly effective vaccine vectors capable of inducing long-lasting protective immune responses

New discovery: Safer potential Zica vaccine that does not produce antibodies

Reports show antibodies against Zika virus can worsen dengue virus infection, which, like Zika, is caused by a mosquito-borne virus.

22 Dec 2018 12:32 PM

After the antibodies attached to the fusion peptide epitope, they neutralised as much as 31 percent of viruses from a panel of 208 HIV strains. (Photo: AP)

Experimental HIV vaccine may neutralise dozens of strains of virus

If successful, this would be the first vaccine available that protects people from contracting HIV.

05 Jun 2018 9:04 AM

Good mood may boost efficacy of flu jabs: Study

Researchers from Nottingham University examined several psychological and behavioural factors that show how well vaccinations work.

26 Sep 2017 5:26 PM

Antibodies in the new technique hang on to a cell's surface, blocking HIV from accessing a crucial cell receptor and spreading infection. (Photo: AP)

New technique makes cells resistant to HIV

It offers a significant advantage over therapies where antibodies float freely in the bloodstream at a relatively low concentration.

11 Apr 2017 9:38 PM

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