Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a chronic cholestatic disorder that potentially leads to end-stage liver disease. It has an autoimmune component: patients have high serum levels of ...

Second: Severe autoimmune conditions like lupus and multiple sclerosis often strike without warning. No one knows what ...

VITT antibodies feature an oligoclonal or monoclonal antibody profile with a remarkable degree of clonal identity of the light chains, 3,4 which results in a strikingly similar structure of the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Flow cytometry and antibody counts might not identify all patients. Genetic databases are available, but they ...

Autoimmune disorders occur when the body’s immune system cannot differentiate between cells that are its own and pathogens. Consequently, the body’s immune system attacks itself causing inflammation ...

In new research this month, doctors say they’ve discovered a new genetic disorder that saps a person’s ability to make antibodies. The likely very rare and treatable condition, first identified in a ...

Internist Vincent Martin, MD, said every primary care clinician should know about calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) monoclonal antibodies for preventing migraines. These newer drugs are changing ...

NEW ORLEANS — An antibody treatment developed by the Belgian drugmaker Argenx raised platelet counts and stopped bleeding episodes in patients with a rare autoimmune disorder that causes the body to ...

Vega Therapeutics Inc. has reported promising preclinical data on VGA-039, a first-in-class monoclonal antibody directed against human protein S (ProS) that inhibits ProS cofactor activity for tissue ...

Antibodies are one of the most specific tools for the detection and capture of molecular targets­­. The right antibody can play a key role in revealing the presence, quantity, dynamics, and even ...