A diagram showing the impact of secretory IgA antibody binding on commensal bacteria. Healthy subjects (right) bind to a balanced variety of bacterial species with IgA and IgM, while IgA-deficient ...

Many patent applicants currently face difficulty in obtaining antibody claims because of written description and enablement ...

A small group of antibodies in your blood stays the same for years, even after vaccines. These stable antibodies create a unique and personal immune 'fingerprint' that barely changes over time. The ...

Here, we discuss strategies to select the best therapeutic antigen targets, to optimize the structure of IgG antibodies and to design related or new structures with additional functions.

Cancer scientists say they have engineered a new type of super-strong antibody which could be used to boost the immune ...

At the same time, the binding of the therapeutic antibodies polarizes the B cell and the outstretched microvilli are stabilized. As a result, the B cells take on a kind of hedgehog shape because ...

Recent research from the Florida State University Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry shows that a particular type of ...