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 ...

PROTEIN mixtures such as those found in blood have been widely used in the study of antibody-antigen reactions. It is difficult to prepare pure samples of single proteins from such naturally occurring ...

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 ...

There are three different ways to test for COVID-19: PCR tests, antigen tests and antibody tests. Each method is best for a different stage of COVID-19 infection. Used in sequence, all three methods ...

Diagnostic or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests are currently being used to diagnose patients with COVID-19. Antibody tests allow for more accurate tracking of the spread of the coronavirus.

A leading journal in its field for more than three quarters of a century, the Bulletin spans the social, cultural, and scientific aspects of the history of medicine worldwide. Every issue includes ...

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, ...

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 ...

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, ...