antibodies

Cultural  

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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Example Sentences

Startup Lifordi Immunotherapeutics aims to bring a potent class of cancer treatments to patients with autoimmune diseases, the fruit of decades of research into combining antibodies and drugs.

From The Wall Street Journal

To solve that problem, Stark and her team used antibodies as delivery vehicles to bring more lectins to tumors.

From Science Daily

That same sample was further tested using a bio-molecular method called 'ELISA', a technique in which antibodies bind to proteins produced by single-celled organisms.

From Science Daily

The recommendation implied that a single dose of the hepatitis B vaccine may be sufficient, rather than the recommended three doses, if babies have a certain level of anti-hepatitis B antibodies in their blood.

From Barron's

The recommendation implied that a single dose of the hepatitis B vaccine may be sufficient, rather than the recommended three doses, if babies have a certain level of anti-hepatitis B antibodies in their blood.

From Barron's