Unique Synthetic Antibodies Show Promise for Improved Disease and Toxin Detection

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(Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy)

Scientists have invented a new "synthetic antibody" that could make screening for diseases easier and less expensive than current go-to methods. Such “synthetic antibodies” consist of the combination of synthetically produced molecules that are similar to peptides and tiny cylinders of carbon atoms called single-walled carbon nanotubes.