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Nanobodies: A cure for treatment-resistant depression depression?

A new study led by the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine's Kirill Martemyanov, Ph.D., and international collaborators highlights a new approach to treating depression that bypasses many limitations of traditional antidepressants. The team has developed a highly selective protein-based bi...

Nanobodies: A cure for treatment-resistant depression depression?
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A new study led by the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine's Kirill Martemyanov, Ph.D., and international collaborators highlights a new approach to treating depression that bypasses many limitations of traditional antidepressants. The team has developed a highly selective protein-based biologic called a nanobody that targets a newly discovered brain receptor implicated in depression.

Originally published at Phys.org

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