Planned coincidence: Antibody-based search for new chemical reactions
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 07:31
in Biology & Nature
(Phys.org) -- Many discoveries are made by chance, but it is also possible to help it along: The chance of finding something interesting increases when the number of experiments rises. French researchers have now applied this principle to the search for new chemical reactions. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, they have introduced a new concept based on antibodies and a "sandwich" immunoassay.