How to Use monoclonal antibody in a Sentence

monoclonal antibody

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  • The drug is a monoclonal antibody that seeks out a portion of the amyloid protein that develops over time in the brain.
    — Alice Park, TIME, 2 July 2024
  • The two new drugs and many of the others being studied are monoclonal antibodies that are designed to clear amyloid, a protein that can build up in the brain.
    — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
  • At this time, a monoclonal antibody made by Sobi is available to high-risk children and must be given once a month.
    — Carolyn Y. Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 4 May 2023
  • Both treatments are monoclonal antibodies that target a type of protein that builds up in the brain of people with Alzheimer’s.
    — Robert Hart, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
  • This is a monoclonal antibody treatment that works by depleting the blood’s B cells.
    — Markham Heid, TIME, 27 Dec. 2023
  • The drug is a monoclonal antibody that targets toxic plaques in the brain called amyloid, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s, to slow the progression of the disease during its early stages.
    — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 30 July 2024
  • The 1,700 patients in the study all had early or mild Alzheimer’s and were treated with monoclonal antibody infusions every four weeks.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 2 July 2024
  • Heinrichs said the monoclonal antibody will be priced like a vaccine, and cost analysis model from the company put it at $500.
    — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2023
  • All three of the drugs are monoclonal antibodies that work by targeting amyloid in the brain, considered a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease.
    — Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 8 Mar. 2024
  • For babies under 8 months old, and some babies between 8 months and 24 months, there are two monoclonal antibody shots available.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Right now, there are no vaccines for the virus, and only one preventive drug is available in the U.S.: a tough-to-administer monoclonal antibody that’s available only to high-risk kids.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 23 Nov. 2022
  • The monoclonal antibody shots, which are a bit different than a vaccine but still provide protection, have been in high demand and short supply.
    — Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The monoclonal antibody for young children is known by the generic name nirsevimab and the trademarked name Beyfortus, and was developed by AstraZeneca and Sanofi.
    — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Cookie the puppy knows firsthand how the monoclonal antibodies treatment can help a dog with parvo.
    — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The drug, called Tzield, is a monoclonal antibody injection.
    — Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The Food and Drug Administration approved a monoclonal antibody called cetuximab in 2006 to treat head and neck cancers, and later to treat colon cancer.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 27 July 2023
  • Xolair is a monoclonal antibody, a type of treatment that works by blocking the body’s natural response to allergens.
    — Jonel Aleccia, Quartz, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The contract between Regeneron and the government requires that the list price for a future monoclonal antibody drug to prevent Covid-19 is the same or lower in the United States as in other high-income countries.
    — Rachel Cohrs, STAT, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Doctors have tools in their RSV toolbox that weren’t available last cold and flu season, including a vaccine for older adults and a monoclonal antibody treatment for babies.
    — Byerin Prater, Fortune Well, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The introduction of monoclonal antibodies for these most vulnerable infants made RSV survivable for many, but still some are lost to the virus.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Key Takeaways Eli Lilly shared phase 3 clinical trial data showing that a new monoclonal antibody treatment can slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease by 35% over a year and a half.
    — Staff Author, Verywell Health, 4 May 2023
  • Like Aduhelm, lecanemab — given as an intravenous infusion every two weeks — is a monoclonal antibody that targets a protein, amyloid, which clumps into plaques in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s.
    — Pam Belluck, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Meanwhile, the development of a monoclonal antibody will protect people who do not respond to or cannot take existing vaccines, the press release added.
    — Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Zoetis, a former unit of Pfizer, is using monoclonal antibodies to treat osteoarthritis in cats.
    — Nacha Cattan and Brendan Case, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Close behind is a monoclonal antibody injection designed to protect babies from the virus.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 16 Feb. 2023
  • For babies under 8 months old, there are two monoclonal antibody shots available, which are a bit different than a vaccine but still provide protection.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Lastly, for babies under 8 months old, there are two monoclonal antibody shots available.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 29 Dec. 2023
  • This off-switch allows the team to deactivate the CAR T cells if needed by implementing a monoclonal antibody called rituximab.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
  • With changes in the virus, previous monoclonal antibodies, including one that protected against future infections for as long as six months, no longer worked.
    — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Clinical trials found that the monoclonal antibody infusions slowed declines in thinking and functioning in people with early Alzheimer’s disease.
    — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 31 July 2024

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