Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute inflammatory neuropathy that can lead to severe weakness of the limbs, face, and respiratory muscles. Its pathophysiology involves autoantibodies that attack ...
April 21, 2010 — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an extended shelf life for 10% liquid intravenous immunoglobulin injection (Privigen, CSL Behring), making it the first product ...
For the last eight years, Leslie MacGregor from Newton, Massachusetts, has been getting intravenous infusions every month. The treatment is called immunoglobulin, and it bolsters her defective immune ...
Vaccines have been heralded as the only way out from the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This ...
The history of treating disease with antibodies began in the 1800s after tetanus and diphtheria toxins were discovered, leading to the realization that immunity to the infections caused by these ...
Stephane Cliche, shown in this undated handout photo, needs weekly injections of immunoglobulin to keep him from constantly getting sick due immune system deficiency. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - ...