Conventional vaccines usually contain antigens – components of the respective pathogens – that bind to receptors on the surface of their target cells in order to trigger the disease. Scientists at the ...

Researchers discover that some low-affinity immunomodulatory antibodies have greater anticancer activity than those with high affinity. Antibodies’ ability to bind specifically and tightly to target ...

A new study Dec. 18 in Nature reports an AI-driven advance in biotechnology with implications for drug development, disease detection, and environmental monitoring. Scientists at the Institute for ...

Affinity chromatography has emerged as an indispensable tool in modern protein purification, leveraging highly selective interactions between target proteins and immobilised ligands. This technique, ...

The Baker lab at the Institute for Protein Design at the University of Washington School of Medicine continues to drive innovation in AI-driven advances for protein design. This time, the team used ...