Infection Control Today - Immune Response

Scientists Identify a Human Antibody That Blocks SARS Virus Infection

Newswise -- An antibody plucked from a "library" of human antibodies has powerfully blocked infection by the SARS virus in laboratory tests, scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute report. This discovery could expedite the development of an antibody drug for ...More

February 2, 2004

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Scientists Get First Good Look At AIDS Virus' Surface

Newswise -- A team of scientists at Florida State University has gotten the first detailed look at the surface of the virus that causes AIDS, taking an important step in the international effort to understand how the deadly virus works. "Future research efforts will ...More

January 28, 2004

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Biologists Gather New Insight Into How Anthrax Bacteria Can Evade a Host's Immune Response

Newswise -- Biologists at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) have determined how toxin produced by anthrax bacteria blocks a person's normal immune response, a discovery that could lead to new treatments for anthrax infection. In a paper to be published in the ...More

January 7, 2004

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Boston Biomedica, Inc. Announces 510(K) Clearance of its Lyme Western Blot Test Kit

WEST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. -- Boston Biomedica, Inc. announces that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its BBI Borrelia burgdorferi IgM and IgG Western Blot Test Kit. The test method separately detects IgM and IgG antibodies ...More

December 8, 2003

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Genmab and ACE BioSciences to Develop Product to Treat Fungal Infections

COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Genmab A/S and privately held ACE BioSciences A/S announced today that they will develop an antibody therapeutic product with the potential to treat fungal infections. The antibody will be directed against a novel target on Aspergillus fumigatus. This ...More

November 17, 2003

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Researchers Neutralize SARS Virus in Lab Tests

WORCESTER, Mass. and PRINCETON, N.J. -- Presenting last Saturday at the annual meeting of the Infectious Disease Society of America, a team of scientists from the Massachusetts Biologic Laboratories (MBL) of the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) in Jamaica ...More

October 13, 2003

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NIAID Opens Innovative Treatment Study for West Nile Virus

A clinical trial evaluating an experimental treatment for patients infected with West Nile virus (WNV) has begun enrolling volunteers at 36 sites nationwide, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), one of the National Institutes of Health, ...More

September 9, 2003

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Subversive Strep Bug Strategy Revealed

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), have discovered how Streptococcus pyogenes (S. pyogenes), the bacterium responsible for "flesh-eating" ...More

September 2, 2003

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First Harvest of Plants Containing Botulinum A Antibodies Produces Good News for Food-Safety Testing

TORONTO -- Antibodies to Botulinum Toxin type A have just been harvested from a crop of tobacco plants in Ontario. Developed by the Department of Environmental Biology at the University of Guelph, and funded by Toxin Alert Inc., the Healthy Futures for Ontario Agriculture ...More

July 24, 2003

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MedMira Launches Rapid Vaccinia Antibody Detection Test

HALIFAX -- MedMira Inc. announces the launch of its patent-pending MiraWell Rapid Vaccinia Antibody Detection Test into the international marketplace. This test is the latest commercial development in the Company's increasing line of rapid in vitro diagnostic products. The ...More

June 12, 2003

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