FcMBL-mediated pathogen capture from pediatric blood samples (IMAGE)

Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard

FcMBL-mediated pathogen capture from pediatric blood samples

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The genetically engineered FcMBL protein, coupled to magnetic beads, can capture more than 100 different microbial species with high efficiency, including all of the bacterial and fungal pathogens causing sepsis. This image shows the fungal pathogen Candida albicans (purple) isolated with the FcMBL broad-spectrum pathogen capture technology.

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E. Super / Wyss Institute at Harvard University

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