The development and refinement of biotechnology and bioengineering
have been hallmarks of the twenty-first century, notwithstanding the century's
persisting difficulties. In modern medicine, peptide applications are used for
therapeutic purposes such as cancer treatment and diagnostics, epitope mapping,
antibiotic drug development, vaccine development, and antibody sequencing
services. These are only a few instances, of course. The development of
synthetic peptides has benefited as well from the techniques required for
vaccine...
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