An international research team has identified a previously overlooked factor that influences how antibodies neutralize ...

Many Americans are basking in the warm light of what appears to be the end of the coronavirus pandemic. Millions of people are vaccinated, and restrictions that had prevented further spread of ...

‌Your thyroid is a small butterfly-shaped organ in the front of your neck. It has a lot of important roles, including making hormones that control your metabolism and help your body grow and develop.

Thyroid antibodies are cells the immune system forms in response to thyroid cells. They develop when the immune system mistakenly attacks thyroid cells and tissues. High levels can indicate an ...

A TPO antibody test helps diagnose autoimmune thyroid diseases like Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. A positive test result means antibodies are present and may indicate a thyroid condition, but other tests ...

If your doctor thinks you might have lupus, they may ask you to take blood tests to check for antibodies in your blood. The most common antibody test is called the antinuclear antibody (ANA) test.

Teams at the Institut Pasteur, CNRS, Vaccine Research Institute (VRI) and Université de Paris have discovered a new function of anti-HIV-1 [1] antibodies by applying cutting-edge microscopy techniques ...