Communications Materials (Dec 2021)

Creation of stable water-free antibody based protein liquids

  • Joseph M. Slocik,
  • Patrick B. Dennis,
  • Zhifeng Kuang,
  • Anthony Pelton,
  • Rajesh R. Naik

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-021-00222-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Antibodies are widely used in biotechnology and bioengineering, but are sensitive to their environment. Here, primary antibodies are converted into thermally-stable protein liquids, achieving >60% antigen binding after cyclic heating at 125 °C and remain active when incorporated into plastics.