How to Use antibody in a Sentence

antibody

noun
  • In both cases, the H1 antibody levels in the mice were boosted.
    Helen Branswell, STAT, 24 Nov. 2022
  • The donors were screened for HLA A*02+ through antibody staining.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
  • That led to the development of antibodies to block the gene.
    Gina Kolata, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
  • This shows the amount of the IgA antibody present and indicates how much damage has been done to your kidneys.
    Cristina Mutchler, Health, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Both the new and old booster shots raised antibody levels against BA.5.
    Ryan Cross, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Oct. 2022
  • If a dairy farmer allowed it, researchers could check for H5N1 antibodies in the blood.
    Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024
  • Your body then makes proteins and mounts an antibody response to them.
    Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 26 May 2022
  • Your cat’s rabies antibody level must be equal to or greater than 0.5 IU/ml.
    Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2022
  • The antibodies your body forms the first time do not provide the same level of protection.
    Sarah Klein, Health, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Infants eight months of age and younger as well as high risk children between eight and nineteen months can get the antibody.
    Omer Awan, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
  • The next step is to get the human body to produce these antibodies in greater quantities.
    Rob Reddick, WIRED, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The staff said the third dose increased the antibody response sufficiently, one endpoint of the study.
    Peter Loftus, WSJ, 13 Oct. 2021
  • In one room, patients received antibody infusions to blunt the impact of a virus that has surged sharply in the region.
    Chris Kenning, The Courier-Journal, 21 Sep. 2021
  • Studies show that many of these patients did not have a full antibody response to two or even three doses of the Covid-19 vaccine.
    Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, 26 Jan. 2022
  • The man was also unable to go to the hospital for antibody treatment.
    Jared S. Hopkins, WSJ, 14 Mar. 2022
  • The virus has found ways around antibody treatments by evolving new versions of its spike protein.
    oregonlive, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Testing reveals dead flu virus and tons of antibodies to virus.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Blood tests yield more than 3 g of abnormal antibodies per dl of blood.
    Barbara Brody, Health, 9 June 2024
  • The antibodies produced from the vaccine bind to the virus or bacteria and neutralize it.
    Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The new drug is an antibody, given as a 15-minute infusion once every three weeks.
    Alice Park, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Those who got shots in two locations had a higher number of antibodies, the study found.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Among the six potential new antibody treatments in the pipeline is one AstraZeneca hopes to pair with part of Evusheld’s cocktail.
    Sarah Owermohle, STAT, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Law said the antibody has already shown promising results and can be a key growth driver for the stock moving forward.
    Brian Evans, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2024
  • In the second half of June, Helix performed 230% more antibody tests than in the first half, and the high demand continued into the first week of July.
    Daria Litvinova, ajc, 2 Oct. 2021
  • But antibody tests should not be used to try to determine your immunity, the CDC says.
    Caroline Catherman, orlandosentinel.com, 22 Oct. 2021
  • At the time, the country had an ample supply of other antibody treatments.
    New York Times, 6 Jan. 2022
  • When this happens, your body starts to produce more IgA, an antibody that plays a role in your overall immune function.
    Mark Gurarie, Health, 30 Sep. 2024
  • That sort of equilibrium will take work to achieve and to maintain, as antibody levels ebb over time and new variants crop up.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 4 May 2022
  • Protein is the main building block of our muscles, tissues, virus-fighting antibodies and more.
    Isobel Whitcomb, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2025
  • The antibody, bevacizumab (B), is used for the treatment of other cancers and for treatment of macular degeneration.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025

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