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Don't Want to Get Sick? Break a Sweat: Physical Fitness Curbs Colds

(Nov. 2) -- Incorporating fitness into your daily lifestyle can do more than mitigate stress and help maintain a healthy weight. Just in time for the winter sniffles, a new study concludes that a physically fit body can also ward off the common cold. What did the study determine? Around 1,000 adults were tracked...

HIV Antibodies: Experts Foresee Vaccines, and a Long Wait

(July 9) -- A team of American scientists has announced a milestone finding that could spur the development of effective vaccines to prevent HIV/AIDS. As AOL News reported Thursday, two antibodies that neutralize 91 percent of HIV strains have been discovered by researchers with the National Institutes of Health's Vaccine...

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06/01/12 Biogen Idec 2012 Annual Shareholders Meeting Webcast Source: PharmiWeb.com Biogen Idec Inc. (NASDAQ: BIIB) announced today that its 2012 Annual Shareholders Meeting will be webcast live on Friday, June 8, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. ET.
04/26/12 UCB Interim Report â first three months 2012 Source: Schwarz Pharma Brussels (Belgium), 26 April 2012 â 07:00 (CEST) â regulated information - UCB announced today its interim report for the first three months of 2012. ", said Roch Doliveux, CEO of UCB.
04/25/12 Lpath Receives First U.S. Patent for Anti-LPA... Source: Marketwire Key Patent Further Validates Lpath's ImmuneY2 Platform as a Viable Platform for Drug Discovery SAN DIEGO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 04/25/12 -- Lpath, Inc. (OTCBB: LPTN), the industry leader in lipidomics-based therapeutics, received official notification from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) that it has been issued a key patent protecting Lpathomab™, a monoclonal antibody against lysophosphatidic acid (LPA).

Background on antibodies

An antibody, also known as an immunoglobulin, is a large Y-shaped protein produced by B-cells that is used by the immune system to identify and neutralize foreign objects such as bacteria and viruses.

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