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Vaccines are considered to be among the greatest medical advances in the past several centuries. They have effectively eliminated some of the most deadly diseases ever to scourge humanity. Study of the immune system has led to the development of antibody…

Our understanding of antibodies has come a long way since the early days of immunology. As early as the 10th century, Chinese doctors experimented with smallpox vaccines by exposing patients to dried, powdered smallpox pustules. These treatments are some…

Over the past few months, we have discussed topics such as bioinformatics, protein structure, crystallography, machine learning, and ELISA testing. All of these have something important in common: they are fundamental to our specialty at Macromoltek: in …

There’s no doubt you’ve heard of machine learning. It seems like every new tech company claims that they are going be the ones to solve an impossible problem by just letting their computers figure it out. It’s a miracle! Machine learning is a big buzzwor…

In a previous blog, we talked about how newly formed proteins fold into the correct shape. The function of a protein is determined by this folding — but how exactly do researchers determine a protein’s structure? Individual amino acids are far too small …

ELISA tests are antibody-based experiments that measure macromolecular interactions. Just a warning: we use a lot of antibody terminology here, so it might be good to read our previous blog, What is an Antibody first to refresh your memory! So, what is a…

In our last post, we discussed what proteins are made of and what these biological machines do for us. Antibodies are a very important subset of proteins that are meant to protect our bodies from harmful foreign invaders by tagging them for destruction. …

We all know protein can be found in meat, eggs, dairy products, beans, and protein powder. “Protein,” as a food item, can come from a large variety of sources, but what exactly is a protein? Any Bio 101 student can tell you protein is one of the four mac…

First things first, thanks for reading our blog! Macromoltek runs an internship program each semester for Natural Science and Engineering students who have an interest in biotechnology. Our interns are very gifted undergraduate students ready to apply th…