Researchers at the Ragon Institute have made a significant discovery about how antibodies can directly enhance the body's ...

In the long battle to create an effective HIV vaccine, scientists have made a major leap forward. A new study shows that a ...

Until recently, scientists believed antibodies couldn't safely target lipids without risking harm to healthy tissues, since the same lipids that appear in viruses are widely distributed throughout ...

A+ or A-, B+ or B-, AB+ or AB-, and O+ or O-. The first step is called “forward typing.” Your blood cells are mixed with antibodies against type A and B blood, and the sample is checked to see ...

Antibodies that bind to a previously untargeted portion of the malaria parasite could lead to new monoclonal antibody treatments and vaccines for malaria. A novel class of antibodies that binds to ...

Most people with lupus have antinuclear antibodies (ANAs) in their blood. But a positive ANA test doesn’t always mean lupus. The test can be positive in people with other autoimmune illnesses — ...