ID - 131764965 TI - The natural anti-gal antibody as foe turned friend in medicine PY - 2018 SN - 9780128133637 0128133635 9780128133620 0128133627 PB - London, United Kingdom Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier DB - UniCat KW - Antigen-antibody reactions. KW - Antigens KW - Analysis UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:131764965 AB - The Natural Anti-Gal Antibody as Foe Turned Friend in Medicine provides a comprehensive review of the natural anti-Gal antibody, which is the most abundant antibody in humans constituting ~1% of immunoglobulins and the carbohydrate antigen it recognizes, the?-gal epitope. It discusses the discovery of this antigen/antibody system, its evolution in mammals, the pathological effects of this antibody, and its possible use in various therapies in humans. Most significantly, the book discusses microbial and regenerative therapies in which an antibody present in all humans may be harnessed as an in vivo pharmaceutical agent that enables a wide variety of therapies. Some of these therapies are described as experimental studies that are compiled in this book, other already studied therapies in the area of cancer immunotherapy are also included in this book. ER -