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antibodies

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  1. Proteins in the blood that are produced by the body in response to specific antigens (such as bacteria). (See immune system.)


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Within them, T follicular helper cells support B cells, which can then produce large quantities of antibodies that help the body fight infections and disease.

From Science Daily Sep. 17, 2026

After all, if the infection’s gone, what use are the antibodies?

From Salon Sep. 11, 2026

Cytospire Therapeutics, a startup developing immune cell engager antibodies, appointed Sumeet Ambarkhane as chief medical officer.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

They have two separate heavy-chain gene systems, potentially giving them another way to create a wider variety of antibodies.

From Science Daily Sep. 3, 2026

The system is evidently an ancient one, long antedating the immunologic sensing of familiar or foreign forms of life by the antibodies on which we now depend so heavily for our separateness.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

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