The Antibodies are proteins whose function is to detect and neutralize foreign agents to the body , such as bacteria , viruses and other microorganisms, This function is achieved by joining certain areas of foreign agents usually a protein, which is called AntigenThis union is given by a complementary spatial determinded area called variable region of antibody with antigen.
A team of researchers from the U.S. and Japan , have managed to synthesize a nanoparticle made of a synthetic polymer , which has the specificity and selectivity of a natural antibody , even run into the bloodstream in a living animal , this breakthrough could have applications in therapy with antibodies.
Antidotes to toxins, protein purificationEtc .. is also interesting that an artificially -made structure can not replace protein in biological function to a protein structure , this is another example of how nanotechnology is going strong in the field of Biotechnology and Medicine.
