Researchers Develop Quick Way to Create Human Antibodies


	Researchers Develop Quick Way to Create Human Antibodies

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5-4-2008 8:31 PM

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5-5-2008 5:45 AM

syncopath

moving towards "no more foreign invaders" .... -))

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The development could potentially accelerate the traditionally challenging task of generating <A class="thought" href="javascript:loadBrain('Human')">human</A> antibodies, which can be used both to develop faster <A class="thought" href="javascript:loadBrain('Disease')">disease</A> diagnostics--for <A class="thought" href="javascript:loadBrain('Instance')">instance</A>, to test for a new flu strain shortly after it emerges--as well as safer and more effective medications, including vaccines.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.kurzweilai.net/news/news_single.html?id=8587"><P>
Using their new <A class="thought" href="javascript:loadBrain('Method')">method</A>, the <A class="thought" href="javascript:loadBrain('Research')">research</A>ers generated more than 100 different monoclonals in less than a year, with each taking just a few weeks to produce. This is far less than the one to two years typically required to make a single monoclonal <A class="thought" href="javascript:loadBrain('Cell')">cell</A> line.</p> <P></p> </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/8D5A2603-3335-470D-94DB-41465B8BAE62/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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