Scientists Develop New Method to Manufacture Specific Human Antibodies
An international team of researchers led by Facundo Batista, from the Francis Crick Institute in London, has a new technique to swiftly manufacture specific human antibodies. Antibodies are large Y-shaped proteins that are enlisted by the immune system to target and eliminate foreign objects such as bacteria and viruses. An antibody produced by the body’s B cells has a single built-in antigen key that helps recognize a specific invading organism. The target antigen (foreign organism) and the antibody have a compatible structure at the tips of their “Y” structures, so when there is binding via the key fitting into the...
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