CAMOUFLAGING artificial antibodies so they can evade the watchful eyes of our
immune system could speed the development of treatments for everything from
rheumatoid arthritis to cancer.
Antibodies are proteins made by the immune system that bind to specific
targets. They can latch onto toxins, viruses and bacteria, rendering them
harmless or marking them out for destruction.
Their ability to home in on specific proteins means synthetic antibodies
could be valuable weapons against a wide range of diseases. Attach a drug to the
right antibody and you can deliver it to a diseased tissue, for example. “The
market for them…
