23/08/2017
A new molecular mechanism that generates different types of antibodies by insertion of extra fragments. Antibody engineering by nature
BELLINZONA (Switzerland) - August 23, 2017 - A publication in the renowned scientific journal Nature describes two new types of non-conventional antibodies that are frequently produced by malaria-exposed individuals and that contain an extra fragment targeting malaria parasites. The study was conducted at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB), which is affiliated to the Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), in collaboration with the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme in Kenya, the Malaria Research and Training Centre in Mali, the Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania, the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute in Basel and the University of Oxford. The study was...
