Catalytic Antibodies as Magic Bullets
โ Scribed by Christoph Rader; Benjamin List
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 223 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0947-6539
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โฆ Synopsis
A reagent capable of detecting and selectively destroying tumor cells while leaving healthy cells intact would be a powerful tool for cancer therapy. This concept of the magic bullet has been approached by a number of strategies. Here we present a recent approach based on catalytic antibodies.
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