Antibody Curbs Late Anthrax Illness, in Rats
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Synthetically produced antibodies that target a component of the anthrax toxin may reduce illness and death due anthrax exposure, even after shock has set in, rat studies indicate.
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NEW YORK  - In mice carrying specimens of  human breast cancer, treatment with a genetically engineered  mini-antibody, or "diabody," laden with a radioactive isotope  significantly impeded the growth of the tumors, researchers  report.
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Blood donated by four survivors of bird flu seems to harbor a potent protection against the deadly virus. Scientists have long suspected that culling immune-system molecules from survivors could provide a new therapy for the hard-to-treat H5N1 flu strain. Monday, an international team of researchers reported the first evidence, albeit from tests in mice, that it really may work.
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A new antibody treatment for Alzheimer&#39;s has apparently halted its progression in a small human trial. The treatment lowers the amount of beta peptide in the brain, thought to be the cause of
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Blood tests confirmed anthrax caused the deaths of six people after they ate meat from a sick goat, Indonesia&#39;s agriculture ministry said on Monday.
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Human Genome Sciences said yesterday that ABthrax, its experimental treatment for anthrax infection, dramatically increased survival in animals exposed to lethal doses of anthrax spores.
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Scientists believe they may have found a way to stop bacteria becoming resistant to drug treatments.
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FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. Aug. 20, 2004 - They can do it for love of God and country or for the $60. Either way, soldiers vaccinated against anthrax have the opportunity to help future anthrax victims by donating their blood.
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The government plans to develop an experimental treatment for anthrax from the blood of people vaccinated against it. Such a medicine has never been tested on people, but scientists think it has a good chance of working based on animal tests. Federal ...
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They can do it for love of God and country - or for the $60. Either way, soldiers vaccinated against anthrax have the opportunity to help future anthrax victims by donating their blood.
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Rogue proteins like those that cause mad cow disease &#151; found previously only in brain, nerve and lymph tissues &#151; have now been located in the liver, kidney and pancreas in a study of rodents.
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In Nov 29 WASHINGTON story headlined &quot;Spray could stop spread of flu, TB, SARS - study&quot;, please read in 6th paragraph ...biotechnology firms Pulmatrix and Inamed ... instead of ...biotechnology firms Pulmatrix and Inamed ... (Corrects RIC).
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A mixture of six bacteria-killing viruses can be safely sprayed on meat and poultry to combat common microbes that kill hundreds of people a year, federal health officials said Friday.
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The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Monday announced a $3.5 million federal grant to a Seattle research team for a study that could lead to an improved military anthrax vaccine, the Associated Press reported.
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A genetically engineered antibody that blocks an immune system molecule has produced promising results in its first use against Crohn&#39;s disease, researchers report.
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Findings from a small study suggest that antibody therapy may improve the thinking ability of patients with Alzheimer's disease, according to a report in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry.
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Scientists show how the proteins that cause vCJD bypass the body's defences and enter the bloodstream.