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...Good fixation maintains sample morphology with minimal impact to the target epitope. There are multiple...Sample Preparation This step can involve multiple smaller steps that all help to ensure that antibodies can...Sample Preparation, this step can involve multiple smaller steps, but the aim is to preserve sample integrity...

...The new SuperPLDs work with high efficiency in mammalian cells and in vitro, opening up a wide realm of...directed-evolution methods, the activity-based selection in mammalian cells used here could be an attractive strategy...Activity-based directed evolution of a membrane editor in mammalian cells. Nature Chemistry, 15(7), 7. https://doi.org...

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...Function Antigen presenting cells (APCs) that would normally alert the rest of the immune system to the presence...and IL-10 that suppress APCs. T cells that would normally attack the cancer cells are also suppressed by...activity of CTLs and NK cells. These cells would normally kill cancer cells but are directed not to through...

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