Therapeutic antibodies

A new kind of drug

Antibodies are produced by B cells — a type of immune cell — to fight infection, but they can also be manufactured outside the body and used as drugs to treat diseases. Here, biotechnologist Jeremy Derrick describes how a discovery that enabled the production of a single type of antibody in the laboratory has grown into a multi-billion-dollar business

Biological Sciences Review
Biological molecules
Carbohydrates, lipids and proteins
Cells
Disease and the immune system
Studying cells