Rewriting the rules of cancer treatment one nanobody at a time - The Cancer Letter

Rewriting the rules of cancer treatment one nanobody at a time - The Cancer Letter

I joined Translational Genomics Research Institute, part of City of Hope, late last year to launch the Center for Accelerated Nanotherapeutics.  The center focuses on developing and advancing nanobody-based therapies—therapeutics derived from the single-domain antibodies of camelids such as alpacas, llamas, and camels—to treat cancer and other serious diseases. Nanobodies, also known as VHHs, are compact, stable, and highly specific antibody fra…