Although the media and the public are worried about the infectious risks of transfusion, hemovigilance reports show that antigen-antibody reactions are responsible for the vast majority of acute ...

DURING secondary response, elicited in sensitized rabbits by means of intravenous injections of the homologous antigen ... the formation of antibodies 1. The cellular reaction was localized ...

A new study led by researchers at NYU Langone Health has revealed that a special group of cells found in mouse intestines ...

On March 28, the FDA approved Imfinzi for use in combination with gemcitabine and cisplatin as neoadjuvant treatment, followed by single-agent Imfinzi as adjuvant treatment after radical cystectomy, ...

The treatment of asthma and allergic rhinitis using unique, humanized anti-IgE monoclonal antibodies with very ... symptoms and concomitant inflammatory reactions 1. Desensitization immunization ...

New research zeroes in on a unique group of immune cells that could transform how we treat—and possibly prevent—severe food allergies like peanut and shellfish.

When a pregnant woman had her blood sampled back in 1972, doctors discovered it was mysteriously missing a surface molecule ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Opdivo ® (nivolumab) in combination with Yervoy ® (ipilimumab) for the first-line treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic ...

Research has shed light on how a new type of antibody treatment reactivates patients' immune cells to fight ovarian cancer.

This important work presents a stochastic branching process model of tumour-immune coevolution, incorporating stochastic antigenic mutation accumulation and escape within the cancer cell population.

The immune system must be able to quickly attack invaders like viruses, while also ignoring harmless stimuli, or allergies can result. Immune cells are known to ignore or "tolerate" molecules found in ...

complement-dependent cytotoxicity vs antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity), and Fc engineering. The discussion of these refinements includes improving the extent of B-cell depletion, reducing ...