A recombinant, fully human monoclonal antibody with antitumor activity constructed from phage-displayed antibody fragments

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University researchers from Germany and the Netherlands isolated an antibody fragment specific for the Ep-CAM tumor molecule and converted it into a human monoclonal antibody.

author: Logtenberg, Ton, Huls, Gerwin A., Heijnen, Ingmar A.F.M., Cuomo, Maria E., Koningsberger, Jacob C., Wiegman, Luus, Boel, Edwin, Van der Vuurst de Vries, Anne-Renee, Loyson, Sabine A.J., Helfrich, Wijnand, Van Berge Henegouwen, Gerard P., Van Meijer, Marja, De Kruif, John
Netherlands, Brief Article

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Selective enhancement of gene transfer by steroid-medicated gene delivery

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Researchers in Switzerland have devised a new method of inserting genetic material into cells using steroid-mediated gene delivery.

author: Rebuffat, Alexandre et al

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Picomolar affinity antibodies from a fully synthetic naive library selected and evolved by ribosome display

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Researchers in Switzerland and Germany used ribosome display techniques to select and mutate single-chain antibody fragments.

author: Hanes, Jozef, Schaffitzel, Christiane, Knappik, Achim, Pluckthun, Andraes

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subjects list: Germany, Antibodies, Switzerland, Genetic engineering