Tag: Antibodies

  • Nation & World

    Time of day matters when getting vaccine

    An observational study finds that antibody levels are higher when health care workers received the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in the afternoon.

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    Vaccine bottles and a clock.
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    Protection against reinfection

    A new study shows that people who survive serious COVID-19 infections have long-lasting immune responses against the virus.

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    Micrograph showing heavily infect COVID patient.
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    Study suggests how measles depletes body’s immune memory

    A new Harvard study shows measles wipes out 11 percent to 73 percent of antibodies against an array of viruses and bacteria, depleting a child’s previous immunity, which underscores the importance of measles vaccination.

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    Measles virus shown enlarged.
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    Making bone marrow transplants safer

    Harvard Stem Cell Institute scientists have taken the first steps toward developing a treatment that would make bone marrow-blood stem cell transplantation safer.

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    Hope for AIDS vaccine?

    Progress on several fronts has raised optimism about the possibility of achieving an effective AIDS vaccine in the coming years, a speaker at the Harvard School of Public Health said Tuesday (Nov. 9).

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    Poised for progress

    A discovery by scientists at Harvard-affiliated Dana-Farber Cancer Institute may lead to an effective way of operating the immune system’s internal “control panel,” improving therapies for a variety of diseases.

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