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- noun Plural form of
autoantibody .
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Antibodies that turn on one’s own tissue are known as autoantibodies—antibodies meaning “fighter cells,” auto literally meaning “self.”
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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Antibodies that turn on one’s own tissue are known as autoantibodies—antibodies meaning “fighter cells,” auto literally meaning “self.”
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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WEDNESDAY, Aug. 3 HealthDay News -- A blood test that screens for certain markers in the blood called "autoantibodies" is showing promise in diagnosing Alzheimer's disease, researchers report.
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Smokers, for instance, tend to have higher levels of "autoantibodies" -- immune defenses that are mistakenly aimed at the body's own cells.
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These antibodies, called autoantibodies, target a person's own molecules and tissues.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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These antibodies, called autoantibodies, target a person's own molecules and tissues.
Media Newswire 2010
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These antibodies, called autoantibodies, target a person's own molecules and tissues.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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These antibodies, called autoantibodies, target a person's own molecules and tissues.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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These antibodies, called autoantibodies, target a person's own molecules and tissues.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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However, in autoimmune diseases like lupus, antibodies are produced that cannot tell the difference between those foreign particles and the healthy tissues of the body (these are called autoantibodies).
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A massive consortium of scientists, led by paediatrician and immunologist Jean-Laurent Casanova at the Rockefeller University in New York City, discovered that around 10% of people with severe COVID-19 harboured autoantibodies — rogue proteins that turn against a person’s own body.
The infection enigma: why some people die from typically harmless germs Diana Kwon 2026
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