Researchers Design Antibodies Aimed at Combatting Alzheimer’s

Researchers at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y., have developed a new method for designing antibodies that are aimed at combating disease. The surprisingly simple process was used to produce antibodies that neutralize the harmful protein particles that lead to Alzheimer’s disease.

The process is described in the Dec. 5 Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) journal. Titled “Structure-based design of conformation- and sequence-specific antibodies against amyloid β,” the process could be used as a tool to understand complex disease pathology and develop new antibody-based drugs in the future. For more information, click here to read the full release.