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Nature Reviews Immunology 6, 343-357 (May 2006) | doi:10.1038/nri1837
Corrected online: 18 April 2006

Focus on: Translational immunology

Potent antibody therapeutics by design

Paul J. Carter1  About the author

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Antibodies constitute the most rapidly growing class of human therapeutics and the second largest class of drugs after vaccines. The generation of potent antibody therapeutics, which I review here, is an iterative design process that involves the generation and optimization of antibodies to improve their clinical potential.

Author affiliations

  1. Department of Antibody Technologies, Seattle Genetics Incorporated, 21823 30th Drive South East, Bothell, Washington 98021, USA.
    Email: pcarter@seagen.com

Published online 7 April 2006

* Table 1 in this article has been amended. A new PDF has replaced the previous version.

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