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Two heads are better than one

A new design for bispecific antibodies enables efficient production of stable molecules with good pharmacodynamic properties.

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Figure 1: Schematic representation of several mono- and bispecific antibodies.

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Morrison, S. Two heads are better than one. Nat Biotechnol 25, 1233–1234 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1107-1233

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