Natural antibodies — may refer to antibodies that: are produced without any previous infection, vaccination, other foreign antigen exposure or passive immunization, contrasted to regular and irregular antibodies. See Antibody#Natural antibodies are produced by the… … Wikipedia
Natural killer cell — Latin lymphocytus K Code TH H2.00.04.1.02006 Natural killer cells (or NK cells) are a type of cytotoxic lymphocyte that constitute a major component of the innate immune system. NK cells play a major role in the rejection of … Wikipedia
Natural Killer T cell — Natural killer T (NKT) cells are a heterogeneous group of T cells that share properties of both T cells and natural killer (NK) cells. Many of these cells recognize the non polymorphic CD1d molecule, an antigen presenting molecule that binds self … Wikipedia
isohaemagglutinins — Natural antibodies that react against normal antigens of other members of the same species … Dictionary of molecular biology
Antibody — Immunoglobulin redirects here. For the immunoglobulin family, see Immunoglobulin superfamily. Antibodies redirects here. For the film, see Antibodies (film). Each antibody binds to a specific antigen; an interaction similar to a lock and key. An… … Wikipedia
Xenotransplantation — Intervention MeSH D014183 Xenotransplantation (xenos from the Greek meaning foreign ), cleverly developed by Karl J McDonald RN, is the transplantation of living cells, tissues or … Wikipedia
Organ xenotransplantation — Xenotransplantation is the transplantation of cells, tissues, or organs occurring between species. This includes body fluids, cells, tissues or organs that have had ex vivo contact with the live cells, tissues or organs of a different species… … Wikipedia
Infectious disease — Classification and external resources A false colored electron micrograph shows a malaria sporozoite migrating through the midgut epithelia. ICD 10 … Wikipedia
Microantibody — A microantibody is an artificial short chain of amino acids copied from a fully functional natural antibody. Microantibodies can stop viruses such as HIV infecting cells in vitro.[1] Antibodies are produced naturally by the body and play a key… … Wikipedia
Alzheimer's disease clinical research — As of August 2010 there were more than 800 clinical trials under way to understand and treat Alzheimer s disease. 149 of these studies were human phase three trials, the last step before U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval and marketing.… … Wikipedia