Antibodies of the Future: Smaller, Better, Faster, Stronger | History of Antibodies

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: Antibodies Series Part 2: Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: ---------- 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: Twitter: Tumblr: Instagram: ---------- Sources: Antibodies as Medicines Antibody Fragments Mini-Binders https://doi/org/ Plastic Antibodies (SICI)1520-636X(1998)10:3;2-9 Images: