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Researchers use novel technology to prevent destruction of specific proteins inside cells – News-Medical.Net
Columbia researchers have created a new technology using synthetic llama antibodies to prevent specific proteins from being destroyed inside cells.
Columbia researchers have created a new technology using synthetic llama antibodies to prevent specific proteins from being destroyed inside cells. The approach could be used to treat dozens of diseases, including cystic fibrosis, that arise from the destruction of imperfect but still perfectly functional proteins.
In many genetic diseases, including cystic fibrosis, mutated proteins are capable of performing their jobs but are tagged for destruction by the cell’s quality control mechanisms.
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