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Antibody-targeted radiation cancer therapy

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The development and use of radionuclide-bearing monoclonal antibody therapies are discussed, with a focus on radiolabelled monOClonal antibodies that have been evaluated in clinical trials.
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Several monoclonal antibodies are now approved for cancer therapy, such as rituximab, an anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody for the treatment of B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma Such 'naked' antibodies can recruit the body's immune effector mechanisms to kill cells expressing the target of the antibody In recent years, the linking of radionuclides to antibodies to either augment inherent activity or to exploit the specific targeting properties of monoclonal antibodies has been a major area of development Two radionuclide-bearing monoclonal antibody therapies have recently been approved by the US FDA, and several more are in clinical trials Here, we discuss the development and use of radiolabelled monoclonal antibody therapies, with a focus on radiolabelled monoclonal antibodies that have been evaluated in clinical trials

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Continuous cultures of fused cells secreting antibody of predefined specificity

TL;DR: The derivation of a number of tissue culture cell lines which secrete anti-sheep red blood cell (SRBC) antibodies is described here, made by fusion of a mouse myeloma and mouse spleen cells from an immunised donor.
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The pilot study.

TL;DR: A randomized controlled experiment is designed to test whether access to affordable day care (in the form of subsidies, for example) would incentivize Saudi mothers to search actively for employment and to remain employed once they are hired.
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Inhibitory Fc receptors modulate in vivo cytotoxicity against tumor targets.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that Fc-receptor-dependent mechanisms contribute substantially to the action of cytotoxic antibodies against tumors and indicate that an optimal antibody against tumors would bind preferentially to activation Fc receptors and minimally to the inhibitory partner FcγRIIB.
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Monoclonal antibody-mediated tumor regression by induction of apoptosis

TL;DR: Histological thin sections of the regressing tumor showed that anti-APO-1 was able to induce apoptosis in vivo, suggesting induction of apoptosis as a consequence of a signal mediated through cell surface molecules like APO- 1 may be a useful therapeutic approach in treatment of malignancy.
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IDEC-C2B8 (Rituximab) Anti-CD20 Monoclonal Antibody Therapy in Patients With Relapsed Low-Grade Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

TL;DR: Likelihood of tumor response was associated with a follicular histology, with the ability to sustain a high serum level of antibody after the first infusion, and with a longer duration of remission to prior chemotherapy, and IDEC-C2B8 has a better safety profile.
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