Stories by Richard A. Lerner

This new class of molecules couples antibodies' vast diversity with the catalytic power that makes enzymes invaluable for technology, medicine and basic research.

A short chain of amino acids assembled in the laboratory to mimic a site on the surface of a viral protein can give rise to antibodies of predetermined specificity that confer immunity against the virus

Maintained through many generations in laboratory cultures, the cells that make antibody lend themselves to studies of cell differentiation and diseases incolving the immune system, which may include cancer