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  • noun An antibody having a single, monomeric domain

Etymologies

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From nano- +‎ antibody

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Examples

  • Cortez-Retamozo V, Backmann N, Senter PD, Wernery U, De Baetselier P, et al. (2004) Efficient cancer therapy with a nanobody-based conjugate.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Katarina Hajdin et al. 2010

  • Ablynx says first nanobody drug may hit market by 2013 animal tests being conducted, rather than have yielded definitive results, for Alzheimer's) *

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • Watterson and his colleagues in Chile and Australia identified a nanobody, a small fragment of an antibody, called DS90, that targets HNV fusion protein, which the virus uses to infect cells.

    Promising vaccine against deadly Nipah virus can also treat infection Rachel Fieldhouse 2025

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