Tag: Antibodies
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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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Nation & World
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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Nation & World
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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Nation & World
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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Nation & World
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.