THE diagnostic evaluation of patients suspected of having either tuberculosis or a systemic fungous infection should now include among other things such immunologic procedures as skin testing and ...

A patient had anaphylactic transfusion reactions when transfused with small amounts (10 ml or less) of blood from four consecutive donors. Antibodies to erythrocytes or leukocytes could not be found, ...

In the developed world, most of the reported complications of transfusion have an immunological basis. Although the media and the public are worried about the infectious risks of transfusion, ...

Osaka, Japan – Protein detection based on antigen–antibody reaction is vital in early diagnosis of a wide range of diseases. How to effectively detect proteins, however, has frequently bedeviled ...

Antibody therapies have been used to treat diseases for nearly two decades, but their association with harmful immune ...

It was called ‘complement’ because it aided the antibacterial activity of antibodies. However, it is now known that the complement system can be activated early in an infection without the presence of ...

GLUTARALDEHYDE, a di-aldehyde fixative, has been found to bind antibodies rapidly and permanently to antigens of red blood cells. The system investigated and described in this report was similar to ...

Several types of antibody-mediated diseases are known. Some are thought to be adverse effects of vaccination, which is logical since vaccines, by definition, cause their effects via stimulation of the ...

Antigens and antibodies play vital but distinct roles in illness and disease. One tries to wreak havoc on our health while the other fights to protect it. Simply put, antigens can make you sick, and ...

Immunoassays are methods for detecting and quantifying analytes within a biological sample based on specific antigen-antibody reaction. They have been widely used in scientific research and ...

A hypersensitivity reaction happens when the immune system mistakenly identifies harmless substances as harmful. There are several types of hypersensitivity reactions, depending on the class of ...