Finding a diagnostic reagent that is right for a point-of-care application can be tricky due to the long list of obstacles that need to be overcome. The reagent needs to be shelf-stable, give reproducibly sensitive and selective results, be easy to synthesize, and most importantly,… Leer más »What is An Aptamer?
In this blog series we will provide a comprehensive review of how aptamers work by comparing and contrasting them with antibodies. We consider antibodies to be equivalent to aliens and aptamers are our heroes, the cowboys, and of course we all know that the cowboys… Leer más »How do Aptamers and Antibodies Work?
The relationship between structure and function is pretty obvious in a lot of engineering projects. Clearly the same is true for aptamers. The functionality of an aptamer is based entirely on it’s structure. In this series of blogs we are going to reveal how we… Leer más »Aptamer Structure Prediction
I love the confidence of those responding. Basically the winning category was that aptamers work great, they just have not been tried in enough applications. In my opinion, we should have provided a fifth option in this poll, All of the above… Successful monoclonal antibody… Leer más »Why Have Aptamers in Therapeutics Not Been More Successful?
Thanks to all who participated in our poll on why aptamers have not been commercialized in diagnostic applications. The most popular response was platforms are designed for antibodies. I will avoid commenting on the vested interest of the Illuminati because I do not want to… Leer más »Why Have Aptamers Not Been Commercialized in Diagnostic Applications?
This is the first of several blogs we will share on our new Neomer process. The image above can be compared to a dilemma in traditional aptamer selection: are the aptamers that are enriching the product of the selection process (I would vote for the… Leer más »How We Overcome Process Bias with Neomers
Fabergé made the egg above on commission for Dr. Emanuel Nobel, nephew of Alfred Nobel. The surprise inside is a diamond encrusted platinum and rock crystal watch. The enduring value of Fabergé eggs is due to their beauty and the painstaking craftmanship of their production. … Leer más »Custom Aptamers Blog
SELEX has been the basic method for identifying aptamers for the last thirty years. It is time for an improvement. The key constraint implicit in the SELEX method is that it is not reproducible. Every time a new starting library is selected from a synthesized… Leer más »The Neomer Selection Strategy – A Game Changing Innovation.
The phoenix of mythology arises from the ashes of its predecessor. This seems like a very intriguing phenomena, but strikes me as difficult to control in a commercial application. Yet, we keep getting asked whether this is necessary for aptamers to work. Do aptamers need… Leer más »Denaturation of Aptamers for Commercial Applications?
Electrical impedance spectroscopy is an approach to measuring the modulation of the surface of an electrode as a result of the binding of a target molecule with an aptamer without labeling the aptamer with a redox moiety such as methylene blue. In this approach we… Leer más »Electrochemistry and Aptamers IV
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