By nature.com Communities Team on 15 Aug 2013
Sometimes, revolutions do happen in science. Historian Lara Marks thinks the story of monoclonal antibodies is one of them. These immune molecules form the basis of six out of ten of the world’s best-selling drugs, and they’re found in home-testing kits for pregnancy and menopause, and hospital tests for MRSA and HIV. They can be made to recognise specific molecules, tagging them for destruction by the body’s own immune system. Read more
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