Tag: antibody
mRNA vaccines generate 17 times more neutralizing antibodies than natural immunity
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Covid-19: no authorization for Xenothera laboratory treatment
News Published 1 day ago, Reading 1 min. The National Medicines Agency and the High Health Authority (HAS) have announced their refusal to authorize the drug Xav-19 to the Nantes…
4 factors that favor long Covid have been identified
Predicting and treating the long Covid is still a difficult task for doctors and patients. But research is slowly progressing on the long-term sequelae left behind by the coronavirus. Researchers…
A marker to differentiate Covid-19 infections from reinfections
The emergence of new variants of SARS-CoV-2 increases the risk of reinfection. MIT researchers have identified several immunological markers to differentiate an infection from a reinfection after a simple blood…
Super immunity and Covid-19: when antibodies are much more powerful in fighting the virus
Being vaccinated and then contaminated would offer an exceptional level of immunity, called “super immunity”. What is it exactly? Does it also work the other way around, i.e. getting infected…
SARS-CoV-2 variants: “Our T cells are reason for optimism! »
Our immune system works a bit like trench warfare where the first line of defense is that of antibodies and the second is that of T lymphocytes. If the first…
Coronavirus: smaller than llama antibodies, shark antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 attack
We had already spoken of llama antibodies, an original lead to neutralize SARS-CoV-2. Today, it is the immune system of another animal that is at the heart of the work…
Cross immunity: what is it?
L’cross immunity describes a acquired immunity against an infectious agent that protects against another agent (virus or bacterium). Cross-immunity is linked to the phenomenon of cross reaction. In general, an…