June 23, 2008
La Trobe University

Science Alert, Australia & New Zealand

Research scientists at Melbourne's La Trobe University are pioneering an unconventional new technology that uses modified shark antibodies in therapeutic interventions against disease.

The process involves taking genes from sharks and modifying them in a laboratory by adding proteins that cause random mutations – essentially mimicking the way the human immune system works - to develop antibodies capable of a repertoire of defensive responses.

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