How to Use antibody in a Sentence

antibody

noun
  • The new drug is an antibody, given as a 15-minute infusion once every three weeks.
    Alice Park, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
  • But all the worries were focused on the immune system's antibody response.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2022
  • 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
  • Sotrovimab is a monoclonal antibody therapy for the same group of patients.
    Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2022
  • This is evidenced from studies with smallpox in which people that were infected or vaccinated were found to have the antibody response even after 88 years!
    Mitzi Nagarkatti, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • That appears to have elicited a stronger antibody response in kids from 6 months to 2 years than in those 2 to 4 — suggesting that the lower dose was enough for the younger ones but not enough for the older ones, Swartzberg said.
    Catherine Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Mar. 2022
  • These antibodies confirm that a person has had an infection with a particular pathogen.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN, 24 Oct. 2024

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