Antibodies

COVID-19 has brought up the use of the old remedy convalescent serum. What is it? Did it work? This series walks us through the history of the serum, how it was discovered, how it was first used, and how it inspired the field of immunology.

A panel of serum antibodies and proteins helped identify patients who later received a diagnosis of Crohn’s disease within 5 years, according to research published in Gastroenterology.