How to Use antibody in a Sentence

antibody

noun
  • Both the DeWines received antibody treatments and both have received three coronavirus vaccines.
    Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Last month the White House began cutting back shipments of monoclonal antibody treatments to states to make supplies last longer.
    Zeke Miller, Chron, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Last month, the White House began cutting back shipments of monoclonal antibody treatments to states to make supplies last longer.
    CBS News, 26 Apr. 2022
  • The study also found that in the face of H1N1 infection, women had higher levels of antibodies in their systems than men.
    Michael Franco, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Billions of public and private research dollars went into attempting to show that amyloid-stripping antibodies could slow Alzheimer’s.
    Byjocelyn Kaiser, science.org, 12 Sep. 2024
  • The governor received antibody treatment and is quarantining.
    cleveland, 18 Apr. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • The virus has found ways around antibody treatments by evolving new versions of its spike protein.
    oregonlive, 7 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • At the outset, the two groups had similar antibody levels.
    Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Bebtelovimab was among the Covid-19 antibody drugs still authorized for use as a treatment for sick patients, after the FDA pulled clearances of others.
    Peter Loftus, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2022
  • So, too, with antibody treatments, antivirals and rapid at-home tests.
    Kent Sepkowitz, CNN, 19 Sep. 2022
  • And unlike antibody treatments and the medication remdesivir, it’s a pill meant to be taken at home.
    Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Wednesday’s data marked a 12% decline from the March peak in high antibody levels across England.
    Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Whether the woman received infusions of the antibody or a placebo during the core 18-month trial is unclear.
    Bycharles Piller, science.org, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Now a blood test can help identify the specific antibodies that do the damage.
    Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 7 Oct. 2023
  • The good news is that your body can call on immune cells, like T cells and B cells, to quash a reinfection if the virus sneaks past your initial antibody defenses.
    New York Times, 11 June 2022
  • Kids tended to have more nasal antibody responses than adults.
    Wendy Wisner, Parents, 18 Oct. 2023

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