In a study, blocking the immune system complement protein C3 was shown to reduce MS disease severity in older mice but not in ...

Journal in the field and provides all-inclusive access to the critical pillars of human gene therapy: research, methods, and clinical applications. Recent clinical trials utilizing high doses of adeno ...

Recent clinical trials utilizing high doses of adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors have highlighted a new challenge to AAV gene transfer—activation of the complement system. A new article in Human ...

Findings suggest that the complement system plays a role in the onset of acute kidney injury in critically ill patients. Urinary Ba, a fragment of complement factor B, may be a biomarker and mediator ...

Complement activation in patients with AAV who are in remission may be reflective of ongoing renal scarring. Persistent complement activation during disease remission in antineutrophil cytoplasmic ...

Newco Commit Biologics ApS has arrived on the scene after raising €16 million (US$17.2 million) in a seed round to advance bispecific antibodies that are designed to activate the complement system and ...

Changes to serum proteins could be behind the debilitating condition known as long COVID. The findings, published in the journal Science, could pave the way for diagnosing and treating the disease.

A team led by the University of Sydney has identified red blood cell rupture at dying endothelial sites as a primary driver of microvascular obstruction in COVID-19, bypassing the expected role of ...

An MUSC research team reports in Cells that the complement system, part of the body’s natural immune defenses, is a key driver of inflammatory responses that contribute to fetal brain inflammation and ...