Clinical Applications

Autoimmune disorders are conditions in which a person's immune system attacks the body's own cells, causing tissue destruction. http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/common/standard/transform.jsp?requestURI=/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/autoimmune_disorders.jsp

Monoclonal Antibodies: From Magic Bullets to Successful Drugs, by Lucy Sannes, Ph.D., Sannes & Assoc. http://www.pharmadd.com/StrategicBriefings/MAbs.asp

THERAPEUTIC ANTIBODIES FOR HUMAN DISEASES AT THE DAWN OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

Ole Henrik Brekke and Inger Sandlie

The past 30 years of antibody research have hinted at the promise of new versatile therapeutic agents to fight cancer, autoimmune diseases and infection. In this review, we discuss various aspects of antibodies that are relevant to their use as therapeutic agents. http://www.affitech.com/pdf/ohb_paper1.pdf

Diagnostics in Cancer Drug Development http://www.healthtech.com/newsarticles/issue52_2.pdf

Targeted Therapy of Cancer: New Prospects for Antibodies and Immunoconjugates¹

Robert M. Sharkey, PhD and David M. Goldenberg, ScD, MD http://caonline.amcancersoc.org/cgi/content/full/56/4/226

Dr. Levy describes how doctors at Stanford are using immune therapy in the treatment of cancer (video) http://www.researchchannel.org/prog/displayevent.aspx?rID=3941&fID=567