Thursday, April 26, 2007

Chemical probes beat antibodies at own game

Chemical probes beat antibodies at own game

A new way of detecting biological structures could help in the fight against disease. The new method, developed by scientists at Oxford University, uses chemistry to assemble proteins into ‘protein probes’ that can be sent into the body to, for instance, detect inflammation and disease in the brain. An interpretation of the binding of the synthetic proteins to proteins inside blood vessels

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