Blog

Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) Transformation: B cell immortalization by Epstein-Barr vius (EBV) is an established method for antibody production. EBV infects B cells via their CD21 receptor and subsequently transforms them…

Kohler and Milstein (1975) were the first to demonstrate that somatic cells could be fused with murine myelomas and that monoclonal antibodies with unique specificities could be produced. A vast array…

Agilent Technologies.     Element Biosciences.   Illumina. MGI Tech. Oxford Nanopore Technologies  PacBioPacBio. Qiagen. Roche. Singular Genomics Thermo Fisher Scientific Ultima Genomics  Twist Biosciences single cell sequencing: 10x Genomics (conoply biosciences) (single…

Nanobody® is a registered trademark of Ablynx N.V. Definitions: VHH refers to an antibody single variable domain (VH or VL) polypeptide that specifically binds antigen. While the antigen binding unit of…

IgG homeostasis: (see right hand panel) IgG participates in defending against viral antigens, whereas IgM is predominantly active in antibacterial and antitoxin immune responses (US2013/0052208).  Antibodies belong to a family of…

companies:  Secretory IgA  IgA synthesis exceeds the combined total of all the other immunoglobulin classes.  Where IgA is found, Generally IgA may be monomeric (i.e., a single molecule), dimeric (composed of two…

For a nice list of monoclonal antibodies currently on the market see (Shukla, "Recent advances in large-scale production of monoclonal antibodies and related proteins" Trends in Biotechnology, 28(5) pp. 253-261)…

Antibodies to Complement Pathway Components Preclinical studies using animal models and human derived samples demonstrate that inhibition of complement ameliorates many inflammatory and autoimmune disease manifestations. The AP pathway has…

For therapeutic applications of IL-6 antibodies see IL-6 under "immunology" For cancer specific antibodies see the "cancer" section Cancer and Lymphomas: The first antibody for the treatment of cancer was a chimerica…

As to Bispecific antibodies generally see Bispecific antibodies under structure and types As to Be-specific antibody purificaiton see bi-specific antibodies under particular types of antibodies purified see also Engineering of…