Antibodies are large Y-shaped proteins. They are recruited by ... An epitope is usually made up of a 5-8 amino acid long chain on the surface of the protein. The chain of amino acids does not ...

after a few immunizations the immune system begins to produce antibodies against immune complexes already bound to the viral protein alone. They don't yet know whether this chain reaction ...

Here’s how it works. Antibodies are specialized, Y-shaped proteins that bind like a lock-and-key to the body's foreign invaders — whether they are viruses, bacteria, fungi or parasites.

The deal makes use of the ability of the platform to generate heavy chain only antibodies, a class of molecules that are found naturally in some species and have novel properties that have ...

Biology researchers have developed a new antibody therapy that can neutralize a wide variety of HIV-1 strains. They found success in an unlikely source -- llamas. A research team at Georgia State ...

Major-histocompatibility-complex (MHC) class I–related chain A (MICA) antigens are polymorphic and can elicit antibody production. We sought to determine whether an immune response to MICA ...

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 ...