If there is a concern that you could have Sjögren’s disease or another autoimmune connective tissue disorder with inflammation, you might need to have this test, which is a simple blood draw.

Anti-CCP antibodies were analysed by an enzyme immunoassay (EIA). Rheumatoid factors (RFs) were analysed by latex agglutination and two isotype-specific (IgM and IgA) EIAs. Disease activity was ...

Antibody tests do not detect the actual pathogens that cause an infection—they detect the antibodies that are produced in response to the infection. A positive result means "yes," the test has ...

Medically reviewed by Marla Anderson, MD Multiple myeloma is a rare blood cancer that develops in the plasma cells, which are ...

One common application of recombinant antibodies is the ELISA test, which is used to detect diseases like COVID. Here, the sample from the diseased person is embedded in a matrix. The matrix is ...

The hepatitis A virus (HAV) antibody (AB) total test identifies both types of antibodies that the body produces in response to HAV infection. A reactive result means the test has detected HAV ...

A new technology developed at MIT enables scientists to label proteins across millions of individual cells in fully intact 3D ...

No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript. Monoclonal antibodies are novel therapeutic agents used with great success in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Antibody therapies are a type of biologic. They are typically monoclonal antibodies selected to bind to a particular protein (often a cell-surface protein), and produced using recombinant DNA ...