Pathogens inhaled along with respiratory droplets enter through the nasal lining, causing respiratory infections. Brigham researchers have developed a pathogen capture and neutralizing spray (PCANS), ...

In a recent article published in Immunity, the authors discussed the underlying principles of sterilizing immunity and its importance in protecting individuals against severe acute respiratory ...

We often hold it to be self-evident that antibodies are key to an effective immune response against a pathogen—the more (or more potent) antibodies your body makes, the better it will fight off an ...

Antibodies, also known as immunoglobulins, are specialized proteins produced by the immune system to identify and neutralize foreign invaders, such as viruses, bacteria, and other pathogens. They are ...

A research team has engineered a new nanomaterial that can boost the potency of common disinfectants. The use of peroxide-based disinfectants has grown with the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic. Yet ...

Christian Hertweck (left) and Jonas Fiedler at the Leibniz-HKI in Jena. They discovered an enzyme that neutralizes a virulence factor of dangerous Burkholderia bacteria. Burkholderia pseudomallei is ...

While most infection control innovations work to destroy disease-causing pathogens, a team at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center’s Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute has received federal funding ...

Broadly neutralizing antibodies are already being used to fight viruses. This approach could also help to treat infections with multi-resistant bacteria in the future. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria ...

Some people living with HIV develop antibodies capable of neutralizing many different strains of the virus. New research links this to immune responses that occur early in infection. The findings, ...

One of the things that emerging diseases, including the COVID and Zika pandemics, have taught us is that it’s tough to keep up with infectious diseases in the modern world. Things like air travel can ...