What makes your blood different from someone else’s is your unique combination of protein molecules, called antigens and antibodies. Antigens live on the surface of your red blood cells.

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The immune system responds to an infection by producing antibodies that recognize and bind to the cell surface of the pathogen, thus marking it as an intruder and triggering an immune response. For ...

A new paper from MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers is helping to reveal the "rules" for engineering chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) Tregs. Tregs, or T-regulatory cells, have shown promise in ...

An antigen test, also known as a rapid test, is a faster, cheaper but less effective way to help determine who has COVID. Dr Peter Collignon ((KOL-in-yon)), from the Australian National University ...

Antigenic variation is a key mechanism by which pathogens evade the immune system. New research has shown how trypanosomes change their antigen expression.

Rapid Antigen Test kit at Pharmacy Servais in Jodoigne, some 45kms south-east of Brussels on July 12, 2021. - Source: AFP As Greater Sydney's COVID outbreak continues to worsen, calls are growing ...