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Therapeutic antibodies

A new kind of drug

Antibodies are produced by B cells — a type of immune cell — to fight infection, but they can also be manufactured outside the body and used as drugs to treat diseases. Here, biotechnologist Jeremy Derrick describes how a discovery that enabled the production of a single type of antibody in the laboratory has grown into a multi-billion-dollar business

Jeremy Derrick

Monoclonal antibody model with light and heavy chains shown

Antibodies

Antigen

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