Toll-like receptors

Jul 17, 2024

Vaccines have been one of the most significant advancements in medical science, saving millions of lives by preventing infectious diseases. While the primary component of a vaccine is the antigen that stimulates an immune response, another crucial element often goes unnoticed: the adjuvant.  What are Vaccin...

Apr 10, 2023

The Toll family of receptors includes several related proteins involved in plant and animal development and defense. Mammalian TLRs are a large family with at least 11 members, of which humans encode the first ten. Individual TLRs are critical in recognizing pathogen-derived microbial components such as bacteria, f...

Jun 02, 2020

Eli Lilly and AbCellera announced the dosing of the patients suffering from COVID-19 with antibody candidate - LY-CoV555.  LY-CoV555 is a neutralizing IgG1 monoclonal antibody (mAb) that targets the spikes of the proteins of SARS-CoV-2. So far, COVID-19 has taken the lives of more than 372,000 people g...

Dec 04, 2017

Toll-like receptors are a family of various related proteins that play a major role in the development and defense of plants and animals. These receptors were first discovered in Drosophila melanogaster in the late 20th century which later led to the identification of mammalian homologs. Human TLR family consists of...