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This is cheaper to produce and can be take more regularly than monoclonal antibodies. The more options the better!



The only places where short half life proteins have been useful is if you're delivering toxic substances and you don't want any off target effects (see BiTes - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi-specific_T-cell_engager ) the technology behind the targeted becomes less relevant if you don't care about the half life. You can make antibody fragments that are only slightly larger that are still fine.




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