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Disease treatment

Check this out: A new approach to creating antibody libraries

Published March 1, 2023

The new approach to antibody libraries could expedite the antibody-creation process and accelerate the discovery of therapeutic antibody candidates and vaccines

Research findings

Researchers shed light on how Lyme disease infects the body

Published Dec 19, 2022

New research findings on how Lyme disease infects the body could better inform treatment options and help prevent severe outcomes of the disease

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Nanotechnology

Molecular detection platform provides new insights into gene medicine manufacturing

Published Sept 23, 2022

Breakthrough medical technology like mRNA vaccines rely on tiny nanoparticles to deliver medicine to cells. A new device will help drug manufacturers and evaluators like the FDA more precisely measure genetic payloads to evaluate drug effectiveness.

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Viral treatments

New platform could make gene medicine delivery easier and more affordable

Published Aug 23, 2022

A new platform designed by Hopkins researchers, in partnership with the University of Washington, shows promise in the sped up design of lipid nanoparticles to deliver treatments that prevent viral infections

Nanobiotechnology

A step toward the creation of materials controlled by artificial genes

Published Aug 18, 2022

A team led by Hopkins engineer Rebecca Schulman has developed a library of genelets that can perform certain cellular functions, laying the groundwork for materials that behave like organisms