Surprising Findings in Single Domain Antibody

Professor Van Den Abbeele, an expert from Antwerp Institute of Tropical Diseases, explained,
“When we study live trypanosomes inside the simulated intestine of tsetse, we found that these
genetically modified bacterium expressed single domain antibodies have biological activity and
can bind to the entire surface of the parasite. Since we know that this technology is effective, we
are now studying these single domain antibodies that can damage or block the development of this
type of parasites in tsetse intestine. “
Epidemic Sleeping sickness of these years first appeared in the 1970s. Although we have been
trying to decline the number of new cases in the past 10 years, this disease has not yet been
eradicated. This new technology gives people hope to fight against this devastating disease.
About author
Candy Swift is a reporter focusing on bio-pharmaceutical industry. She is also a service consultant
of Creative Biolabs.
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