Antibodies

Israeli startup to use AI to transform antibody discovery, design

"The launch of CombinAble heralds a shift in the approach to targeted antibody design by leveraging AI to optimize and expedite the discovery process," said Mati Gill, CEO of AION Labs.

|ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
AI (Artificial Intelligence) letters and robot hand miniature in this illustration taken, June 23, 2023.
(l-r) Ariel Tennenhouse, Lev Khmelnitsky, Prof. Sarel Fleishman, Razi Khalaila

Researchers find new way to make animal antibodies safe for humans

Weizmann Institute of Science researchers present a new algorithm to greatly speed up the process of engineering therapeutic proteins to protect against diseases

|ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
A highly contagious viral disease. Influenza virus

Flu viruses may be combated with new antibody, study finds

The findings, published in the open-access journal PLOS Biology on Thursday, mark a significant step toward the development of more universally protective flu vaccines.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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Sleeping less than six hours will decrease vaccine effectiveness - study

The multi-institution study, published in the peer-reviewed academic journal Current Biology, sheds light on the link between sleep duration and antibody response.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Coronavirus: Antibodies don't indicate immunity

“Antibodies don’t mean you have immunity. [A test] doesn’t say if you have enough of the right number of antibodies or how long they live."

JUNE 11, 2020ByMAYA MARGIT/THE MEDIA LINE
TESTING FOR coronavirus at a Leumit Health Fund lab in Or Yehuda.