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After more than a century of producing animal-based antivenoms, scientists turned to synthetic systems to develop safer and more effective snake bite treatments.

Staphylococcus aureus vaccine efficacy depends on the immune imprints from past exposures to the microbe.

Discover the benefits of VHH antibody-based therapies.

A whole-body immunostaining method allowed researchers to achieve cellular resolution at the whole-organism level.

Spectral flow cytometry separates similarly emitting fluorophores and enabled Kaitlyn Sadtler to construct a 24-color rat panel for immunological analyses.

Multispecific antibodies are rising stars in the field of antibody therapeutics, offering better specificity, targeting ability, and therapeutic effects than traditional monoclonal antibodies.

Researchers find signatures pre- and post-vaccination that correlate with a more robust immune response. 

Pregnancy-induced changes in the immune system are key to a successful birth. Understanding those changes could allow researchers to protect both mother and child.

Aberrant immune activation, the main cause of prematurity and stillbirths, could be preventable through interventions such as maternal vaccination. 

When fused to RSV, influenza A virus is better able to escape antibodies that usually neutralize it, an in vitro study finds.

A vaccine strategy involving formulation changes, an initial escalating dose, and a longer wait for booster immunization results in more-effective antibody production against HIV in rhesus monkeys, a study finds.

BA.2.75 is spreading rampantly in India and has so far reached at least 20 other countries, but it doesn’t seem to be outcompeting other Omicron SARS-CoV-2 subvariants.

Studies show that a fourth mRNA vaccine dose offers the elderly and other high-risk groups strong protection against hospitalization and death from COVID-19, but experts say benefits for other populations may be more limited.