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Raymond Hamers

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Raymond Hamers
Born7 September 1932 Edit this on Wikidata
Died22 August 2021 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 88)

Raymond Hamers (7 September 1932 – 22 August 2021)[1] was a professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Brussels, Belgium. He discovered a special type of antibodies called single-domain antibodies or nanobodies.[2][3]

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  1. ^ "(Dutch) Prof. Em. Raymond Hamers, ontdekker nanobodies, overleden". Medi-Sfeer. 22 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. ^ Raymond-hamers-vub-professor-and-one-scientific-founders-vib-passed-away-august-22nd-age-88
  3. ^ 5 Things You Need to Know About Nanobodies
  • Hamers-Casterman C, Atarhouch T, Muyldermans S, Robinson G, Hamers C, Songa EB, Bendahman N, Hamers R., Naturally occurring antibodies devoid of light chains, Nature. 1993 June 3;363(6428):446-8.
  • Matthyssens G et al., Two variant surface glycoproteins of Trypanosoma brucei have a conserved C-terminus, Nature, 293, 230–233, 1981
  • Strosberg AD et al., A rabbit with the allotypic phenotype: ala2a3 b4b5b6, J Immunol, 113, 1313–1318, 1974