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Small Antibodies from Not So Small Organisms: Harnessing the Unique Immune System of Llamas, Camels, Sharks, and Lampreys

Ling Ling TaiDecember 23, 2020May 11, 2021

Antibodies are proteins produced by our immune systems in response to antigens, bits and pieces of foreign and harmful substances, including pathogens such as viruses and bacteria. The primary function...

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Harnessing 450 Million Years of Evolution: Lamprey Antibodies for Modern Biomarker Technology

Clare So and Angela ZhouMarch 30, 2015March 31, 2015

[caption id="attachment_1529" align="alignleft" width="369"] Image courtesy of ancestryimages.com.[/caption] Research into the immunobiology of jawless vertebrates has identified an adaptive immune system of clonally diverse lymphocytes expressing the variable lymphocyte receptor...

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Monoclonal Antibody Therapy

Michael LeMarch 6, 2014March 6, 2014

Empowering our immune system in the fight against cancer Cancer is a complex, multifaceted group of diseases that arguably represent the greatest challenge faced by biomedical researchers in the developed...

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