Green Options » antibodies http://greenoptions.com/tag/antibodies Posts tagged 'antibodies' Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:40:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Cure for AIDS? Possible AIDS Vaccine in the Works http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/09/04/cure-for-aids-possible-aids-vaccine-in-the-works/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/09/04/cure-for-aids-possible-aids-vaccine-in-the-works/#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:40:33 +0000 Daniel Hohler http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/09/04/cure-for-aids-possible-aids-vaccine-in-the-works/

Researchers in California believe they have hit the jackpot in modern medical breakthroughs. The cure for AIDS.

The researchers have published a study in the journal Science, demonstrating two powerful new antibodies which could hold the key to achieving a viable AIDS vaccine. It has been well known for several years that a very small percentage of people are immune to the HIV virus, but it was never discovered quite how. Now, researchers were able to isolate the antibodies that neutralize a high percentage of the virus’s different forms currently in circulation worldwide.

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]]> http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/09/04/cure-for-aids-possible-aids-vaccine-in-the-works/feed/ Shark Blood May Slow the Spread of Cancer http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/10/13/shark-blood-may-slow-the-spread-of-cancer/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/10/13/shark-blood-may-slow-the-spread-of-cancer/#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:30:18 +0000 Meg Hamill http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/10/13/shark-blood-may-slow-the-spread-of-cancer/ Scientists in Australia have discovered antibodies in the blood of sharks that could potentially prove effective in battling cancer.

It has been discovered that the antibodies (molecules that fight disease) in sharks are extremely resilient and researchers hope that this quality can be isolated to help slow the spread of  cancer, malaria, and other human diseases.

The Australian team discovered that shark antibodies were tough and able to survive in both very acidic and very alkaline settings.  This is important as it means that a “shark pill” would still be effective within the very acidic environment of the human stomach.

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