monoclonal antibodies
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March 31, 2022
Crowe receives national award for COVID antibody research
Vanderbilt's James Crowe Jr., MD, and Michel Nussenzweig, MD, PhD, of The Rockefeller University, have been jointly awarded the 2022 Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine for “groundbreaking work” that enabled the use of human antibodies to treat COVID-19. -
March 10, 2022
Technique hastens COVID-19 antibody discovery
Optimization of a technique developed at Vanderbilt University Medical Center enables rapid and efficient identification of neutralizing monoclonal antibodies against the virus that causes COVID-19. -
February 17, 2022
Pandemic leads to broader use of monoclonal antibodies
Antiviral drugs and coronavirus-fighting monoclonal antibodies, including those discovered at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, remain crucially important in the continuing fight against COVID-19. -
January 20, 2022
Omicron evades some but not all monoclonal antibodies: study
A new study found that several, but not all, of the human monoclonal antibodies used clinically to prevent patients from becoming severely ill from COVID-19 may not be protective against the Omicron variant now sweeping across the United States. -
December 24, 2021
Study of fully vaccinated patients with cancer who had breakthrough COVID-19 shows 13% mortality rate
New research finds that fully vaccinated patients with cancer who had breakthrough COVID-19 infections remained at high risk for hospitalization and death. -
December 9, 2021
Antibodies discovered at Vanderbilt for prevention of COVID-19 granted FDA emergency use authorization
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization (EUA) to the global biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca for a long-acting antibody combination which protects against COVID-19, discovered last year at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. -
December 2, 2021
Long-acting antibody combo developed at VUMC reduces COVID-19 risk and symptoms