Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are used as immunotherapeutics to treat cancer and other diseases, and either aim to induce target cell destruction or immune cell activation. After binding to their cognate antigens, mAbs engage Fc gamma receptor  (FcγR), localised on the surface of the Immune cells, and identified by many research groups as regulator of mAbs activity. To help researchers working on immunotherapeutic mAbs development, BPS Bioscience have developed a new CHO K1 cell line stably expressing full length human FcGR2B.

Enteroviruses are common human viruses causing rather mild symptoms. However many different species and serotypes (incl. Echoviruses, Polioviruses, Coxsackieviruses A and B) can cause serious illness (like EV71 & Coxsackie A16 with Hand Foot and Mouth Disease or EV70 with acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis, neurologic dysfunction and permanent polio-like paralysis).

In this brief post, you will discover recent Antigen & Antibody developments made in this field by Meridian Life Sciences.

Abnova offer a series of new monoclonal research antibodies to support the study of the Zika virus. These are available through tebu-bio across Europe. Let’s take a look at these monoclonals, 100% validated for immuno-assay applications.

Immunofluorescence of monoclonal antibody to SQSTM1 on HeLa cell. [antibody concentration 10 ug/ml] (Cat No. H00008878-M01).

Autophagy was first described in the 60s, and it presents clear differences vs apoptosis. While apoptosis is a mechanism that kills the cells (apoptosis = self-killing), autophagy is more related to the orderly degradation and recycling of cellular components (autophagy = self-eating).