It was called ‘complement’ because it aided the antibacterial activity of antibodies. However, it is now known that the complement system can be activated early in an infection without the presence of ...

Long Covid patients suffer from chronic symptoms such as fatigue or shortness of breath. As researchers have discovered, this is to some extent due to a part of our immune system called the complement ...

Researchers at the National Eye Institute have found that the complement system seems to protect against retinal degeneration in retinitis pigmentosa. The research contradicts previous findings, which ...

Among people with sickle cell disease—an inherited blood disorder—acute chest syndrome (ACS) is the leading cause of death. The condition is the result of red blood cells becoming stiff, sticky, and ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 101, No. 24 (Jun. 15, 2004), pp. 8924-8929 (6 pages) Vaccinia virus complement control protein (VCP), a homolog of ...

(via Kurzgesagt) One of the key players of our immune system is the complement system. An army of millions and trillions of tiny bombs, which work together in a complex and elegant dance to stop ...

Novo Nordisk is paying $240 million for global rights to a Phase 3-ready drug from Omeros that could rival immune disorder medications currently available from companies such as AstraZeneca, Novartis, ...

Follow-up on phase 1 study of AT101, a novel anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor cell therapy (CAR-T) in patients with relapsed or refractory (r/r) b-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma. This is an ASCO Meeting ...