SciShow: Smaller, Better, Faster, Stronger: the "Antibodies" of the Future | Antibodies Mini-Series Part 3

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Content of the Lesson: These days, we’re pretty good at harnessing the power of antibodies for medicines and as molecular tools, but they do have some drawbacks. So, cutting-edge researchers are hoping to develop smaller and more stable alternatives, and they’re willing to try just about anything from chopping antibodies up to creating plastic mimics! Antibodies Series Part 1: https://youtu.be/nKl5RY1-Vwk Antibodies Series Part 2: https://youtu.be/pFatmpFqWdo Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Silas Emrys, Charles Copley, Jb Taishoff, Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, LehelKovacs, Adam Brainard, Greg, Ash, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: Antibodies as Medicines https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29973504/ https://doi.org/10.2165/00003088-199528020-00004 Antibody Fragments https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20093855/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31544842/ https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/980250 Mini-Binders https://doi.org/10.1038/nature23912 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abd9909 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibs.2019.12.008 https://doi/org/10.1126/science.aaz8818 Plastic Antibodies https://doi.org/10.1021/ja102148f https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2011.07.039 https://doi.org/10.1038/srep26132 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201602076 https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1520-636X(1998)10:3%3C195::AID-CHIR1%3E3.0.CO;2-9 Images: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/370/6515/426 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/llama-up-close-gm1209120485-349767631 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/3d-render-antibodies-identify-and-neutralize-pathogen-virus-over-black-background-gm1222559388-358781728 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/antibodies-destroy-an-infected-cell-by-a-virus-immun-defense-kill-the-infected-cell-gm1218459794-356049018 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/young-woman-having-a-nasal-swab-test-gm1266490168-371290691 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/eerie-light-radiating-from-tip-of-needle-of-medical-syringe-gm1291953530-386917452


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