Penn Researchers Attach Lyme Disease Antibodies to Nanotubes, Paving Way …Penn: Office of University CommunicationsExisting tests assess the presence of antibodies against bacterial proteins, which take weeks to form after the initial infection and p…
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Study underlines potential of new technology to diagnose disease
domain-B The blood is filled with molecules called ”antibodies” released by the immune system to defend the body against disease. Many autoimmune diseases produce antibodies specific to that disease. Identifying these disease-specific antibodies among the … |
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New Diagnostic Technology Points to Possible New Blood Tests for Conditions …
Science Daily (press release) The blood is filled with molecules called “antibodies” released by the immune system to defend the body against disease. Many autoimmune diseases produce antibodies specific to that disease. Identifying these disease-specific antibodies among the … |
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Whistleblower says Cephalon ignored DoJ pact to push off-label uses
FiercePharma The suit says the essence of Cephalon’s scheme was to illegally promote its leukemia treatment Treanda in combination with rituximab for front-line use against indolent non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a use for which the FDA had not approved it. It alleges … |
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Scripps Research study underlines potential of new technology to diagnose …
EurekAlert (press release) Many current diagnostic methods detect disease-specific antibodies by using part of the virus, bacteria or cellular component targeted by the antibody in a patient’s body, essentially “fishing” for the antibody using its distinct target as bait … |
Veiligheid en effectiviteit van rituximab bij myositisCare 4 Cure (abonnement)In een dubbelblinde RCT is rituximab effectief gebleken ter behandeling van myositis zowel bij volwassenen als bij kinderen. 83% voldeed aan de definitie van verbetering (DOI…
Monitoring cartilage loss in the hands and wrists in rheumatoid arthritis with …7thSpace Interactive (press release)Methods: Thirty-one active RA patients from a clinical trial (IMPRESS) who were randomized equally into treatment with either rituxima…
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Maternal pertussis antibodies protected infants against disease
Healio Infants may have some protection against pertussis when their mothers are given a booster vaccination, according to results of a recently published study. Ulrich Heininger, MD, and colleagues of University Children’s Hospital Basel, Switzerland, and … |
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Russia’s Biocad plans to produce high-tech drugs in Brazil
The Pharma Letter … Brazil and for the local production of three products based on monoclonal antibodies, among which are trastuzumab (Roche’s blockbuster breast cancer drug Herceptin), bevacizumab (Avastin, also from Roche) and rituximab (Roche’s MabThera/Rituxan), … |
Doctors Health Press Reports on Study: New Way to Target Previously …PR Web (press release)Their study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, found a solution: treat triple-negative breast cancer with two EGFR blocking anti…