GHENT, Belgium, 10 October, 2008 - Ablynx [Euronext Brussels: ABLX], a pioneer in the discovery and development of Nanobodies®, a novel class of antibody-derived therapeutic proteins, announced today it has successfully generated Nanobodies® against several GPCR receptors. Furthermore, Ablynx will present during its R&D update in Ghent today, its new preclinical development programme ALX-0141, a Nanobody® against Receptor Activator for Nuclear Factor kappa B Ligand (RANKL), an important target for bone disorders such as osteoporosis. The Company also provided an update on the significant progress made of its Nanobody® therapeutic pipeline and Nanobody® technology platform. Nanobodies® are a new class of therapeutic proteins that contain the unique structural and functional properties of naturally-occurring single domain...
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