New efforts develop therapeutic antibodies
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Laboratory Scale Production and Purification of a Therapeutic Antibody
Published on: January 24, 2017
Current Biology : CB
|August 18, 2001
Abstract:
Since the development of monoclonal antibodies twenty-five years ago, researchers and biotech companies have been looking to develop therapeutic uses for them. Michael Gross looks at some of the latest efforts.
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