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Accelerated Discovery of Safer, More Efficient Fully Human Antibodies in 3 Months

Fully human antibodies, entirely encoded by human genes, offer a significant advantage in antibody drug development. They trigger minimal immune response (immunogenicity) in patients, leading to improved safety and tolerance compared to traditional antibody therapies. This approach also focuses on identifying high-affinity and highly specific antibodies, ensuring they effectively target the desired molecules. Previously, researchers relied on humanized mice, genetically modified to produce human antibodies, for this purpose.

Built for speed and safety, our fully human antibody discovery platform combines AbDrop™ microdroplet single-B-cell screening with Cyagen’s HUGO-Ab™ fully human antibody mice to deliver developable, fully human leads without a humanization step. We can screen millions of plasma B cells within a week, preserve natural VH/VL pairing through single-cell barcoding and NGS, and advance confirmed binders into high-throughput expression and multi-assay validation (ELISA, SPR, FACS; functional readouts as required). The platform supports proteins, complex membrane proteins, peptides, and small molecules, and you can provide your own antigen or have Biointron produce it.

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High-throughput Fully Human Antibody Discovery Platform Overview
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Revolutionizing Antibody Discovery: Biointron & Cyagen Partner on Next-Gen Platform

Biointron and Cyagen have joined forces to create a breakthrough platform for discovering fully human antibodies. This collaboration combines Biointron's innovative AbDrop™ technology - a microdroplet-based platform for single B cell antibody discovery - with Cyagen's HUGO-Ab™ fully human antibody mice.

Our revolutionary platform paves the way for faster, more efficient, and cost-effective discovery of high-quality human antibodies, leading to better therapeutic options for patients.

Highlights of the Combined Antibody Discovery Platform

Faster Results

  • Go from target to fully human antibody in just 3 months, eliminating the need for time-consuming humanization modifications.

Enhanced Accuracy & Diversity

  • Access a rich pool of diverse, high-quality antibody sequences for superior binding potential.

Clear IP & No Royalty Fee

  • Benefit from straightforward intellectual property (IP) and patent licensing with no royalty fees, ensuring a smooth development process.

Cost-Effectiveness

  • Reduce development costs and timelines significantly, accelerating your path to market.

Benefits of Biointron's AbDrop™ Platform

Biointron's AbDrop™ platform leverages microfluidic technology to accelerate each phase of antibody discovery, from screening to validated antibodies in just one month.

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Millions of plasma B cells are screened in one day

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NGS sequencing & data analysis in one week

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Droplet Based Antibody Discovery Platform

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From screening to purified antibodies with validated activity

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Hundreds of naturally paired heavy & light chains are obtained at one time

AbDrop™ Platform Workflow

Animal Immunization
Animal Immunization
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B Cell Screening & Enrichment
B Cell Screening & Enrichment
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Single-Cell Encapsulation & Incubation
Single-Cell Encapsulation & Incubation
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Positive Droplet Sorting
Positive Droplet Sorting
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Single-cell Library Construction
Single-cell Library Construction
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NGS Sequencing
NGS Sequencing
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High-throughput Expression & Validation
High-throughput Expression & Validation
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Data Analysis
Data Analysis

Cyagen HUGO-Ab™ Mice: The Key to Fully Human Antibodies

Cyagen's HUGO-Ab™ mice represent a breakthrough in antibody discovery. These innovative mice are genetically engineered to produce fully human antibodies, eliminating the need for complex humanization steps. This translates to several key advantages:

Next-Generation Humanization: HUGO-Ab™ mice are engineered using our proprietary TurboKnockout® ES technology, which replaces the VH and VL genes in situ to offer more stable phenotypic and functional outcomes in progeny than traditional transgenic methods.

Performance Without Compromise

With us, you’ll receive a complete package: sequence files, CDR-annotated reports, affinity/assay data, and purified antibody samples, all under clear client-owned IP with no royalty fees.

Advantages of HUGO-Ab™ Mice

Multiple Model Options

  • Custom HUGO‑Ab™ mouse models for all antibody discovery needs
  • HUGO‑Mab™: Engineered for high‑throughput discovery of full‑length human IgG antibodies
  • HUGO‑Light®: Enriched for light‑chain–biased repertoires to screen unique light‑chain variants
  • HUGO‑Nano®: Optimized for single‑domain VHH generation with compact, high‑affinity binders

Patent-Free Technology

  • Mb‑scale knock‑in/knock‑out capability
  • Free from patent disputes, minimizing development roadblocks

Fully Human Antibody & Enhanced Diversity

  • All variable‑region germline genes of the antibody heavy chain are fully human
  • The entire variable‑region germline repertoire of the kappa light chain is human‑derived
  • The full set of variable‑region germline genes for the lambda light chain originates from human sequences
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HUGO-Ab™ Mouse Model: Scheme of Humanization Strategy of Heavy Chain and Light Chain

Service Advantage

Multiple Model Options

Cyagen provides a range of HUGO-Ab™ mice, including HUGO-Mab™, HUGO-Light®, and HUGO-Nano®, each with specific strengths to address different antibody discovery needs.

Fully Human Antibody

The variable region genes of the antibody heavy chain, Kappa, and Lambda light chains are human genes.

Patent-Free Technology

The proprietary TurboKnockout® technology used to create HUGO-Ab™ mice is capable of Mb level knock-in and knock-out, and is free from patent disputes, reducing potential roadblocks in drug development.

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Revolutionizing Antibody Discovery

Enhanced Diversity

Includes the complete human antibody heavy chain, Kappa, and Lambda light chain variable region germline genes.

Flexible Business Models

Cyagen offers various collaboration models, including licensing and co-development, to suit your specific needs.

High-Affinity Antibodies

HUGO-Ab™ derived antibodies can reach picomolar (pM) affinity levels, signifying a strong binding capacity to their target molecule, potentially leading to more potent therapies.

Case Study

Case 1: Compare the discovery by using HuGo-Ab™ and Wild-Type Mice (C57BL/6)

Immune Response

After antigen immunization, serum titers of different mice after 2nd, 3rd and 4th immunizations reached over 1024k.

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Note: 419、424、425、427、428 is HUGO-Ab™ Mice number.

AbDrop™ Screening

Millions of cells were screened. From HUGO-Ab™ 7921 positive droplets were obtained. After sequencing,1466 paired sequences were obtained.

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Mouse Sorted droplets Paired sequence Unique sequence
HUGO-Ab™ 7921 1466 413
Wild-Type Mice(C57BL/6) 4706 1248 142

Antibody Validation

20 VS 20 antibody sequences from HuGO-Ab™ and c57BL/6 were expressed.

V16 VS 17 antibody sequences show good affinity in HuGO-Abe VS C57BL/6.

6 vs 6 candidate molecules from HuGo-Abe Vs c57BL/6 surpassed the benchmark in binding and blocking activity.

Efficient screening of High affinity and functional antibodies in HuGo-Ab™ combined with AbDrop™.

Cell binding assay

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Cell blocking assay

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