Antibodies: Structure, Engineering, and Therapeutics

This learning journey is designed to provide an introduction to the structural composition of immunoglobulins, antibody engineering methods, and their therapeutic applications. Several key antibody concepts are covered including classification, discovery, clinical relevance, and immunogenicity.


1. An Introduction to Antibodies and their Structure

By Dr. Mike Clark – University of Cambridge, UK

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2. Antibody Classes and Subclasses

By Dr. Mike Clark – University of Cambridge, UK

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3. Antibody Valency and Function

By Dr. Mike Clark – University of Cambridge, UK

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4. The Role and Structure of Antibody Receptors (FcRs)

By Prof. Mark Cragg – University of Southampton, UK

An excerpt from The immunobiology of Fc receptors

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5. An Introduction to Antibody Engineering

By Dr. Ian Wilkinson – Absolute Antibody, UK

An excerpt from Antibody engineering: beginnings to bispecifics and beyond

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6. Genetic Engineering of Antibodies

By Dr. Geoffrey Hale – Chief Executive Officer of mAbsolve Ltd., UK

An excerpt from Therapeutic antibodies

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7. Antibody Phage Display

By Dr. Andre Frenzel – YUMAB GMBH, Germany

An excerpt from Phage display for generating monoclonal antibodies

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8. The use of Antibodies for Cancer Treatment

By Prof. Mark Cragg – University of Southampton, UK

An excerpt from Monoclonal antibodies in haemato-oncology

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9. Antibodies for the Treatment of Cancer: Herceptin

By Prof. Mark Greene – University of Pennsylvania, USA

An excerpt from Monoclonal antibodies and the ErbB system in human cancer

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10. Monoclonal Antibodies for the Treatment of Type-1 Diabetes

By Dr. Robert Hilbrands – Brussels Free University, Belgium

An excerpt from Antibodies to control or prevent type 1 diabetes

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11. Antibodies for Transplant Tolerance

By Prof. Luis Graca – University of Lisbon, Portugal

An excerpt from Tolerance induction to clotting factors with monoclonal antibodies

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12. Antibody Therapy Immunogenicity

By Prof. Herman Waldmann – University of Oxford, UK

An excerpt from The immunogenicity problem in antibody therapy

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13. Autoantibodies and Autoimmune Diseases

By Dr. Luís Eduardo Coelho Andrade – UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil

An excerpt from Pathogenic mechanisms of autoantibodies: circulating and local antibodies that form immune complexes

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14. Can Humanised Antibodies Reduce Immunogenicity?

By Dr. Geoffrey Hale – Chief Executive Officer of mAbsolve Ltd., UK

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