Communications Biology (Mar 2021)

A single donor is sufficient to produce a highly functional in vitro antibody library

  • M. Frank Erasmus,
  • Sara D’Angelo,
  • Fortunato Ferrara,
  • Leslie Naranjo,
  • André A. Teixeira,
  • Rebecca Buonpane,
  • Shaun M. Stewart,
  • Horacio G. Nastri,
  • Andrew R. M. Bradbury

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01881-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Here, the authors construct and validate an in vitro antibody library from a single, healthy donor. They demonstrate the functionality of the library using several therapeutically relevant targets and were able to obtain many different antibodies with the desired biophysical properties.