Bright Lights: Mystery Of Glowing Antibody Solved

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Mon, 03/03/2008 - 13:00

A chance discovery of a uniquely luminescent monoclonal antibody nearly ten years ago has proven to be far more interesting -- and far more tenacious -- than anyone might have suspected.

Now, scientists have shown that one of a panel of fluorescent monoclonal antibodies that were first reported in 2000, produces its distinctive bright blue glow through a rare and highly complex recombination of electrical charge.

This charge recombination involves an electron hole -- the gap left by the electron...

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