human monoclonal antibodies Archives

Potential treatment for Chikungunya discovered by Vivalis and A*STAR’s SIgN

Singapore – Nantes (France) — February 15, 2011 (SGT) – The Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), an institute of the Agency of Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), and VIVALIS (NYSE Euronext: VLS), a French biopharmaceutical company, annou…

Mice with human body’s defenses

Therapeutic antibodies can be an efficient alternative when common drugs do not work anymore. However, antibodies obtained from blood of animals such as mice could not be used: The human immune system recognizes them as foreign and rejects them. In…