Plastic Antibodies Fight Toxins

Hmmm yes...and what do they do to the liver?
Del

Hmmm. Maybe they can use the resulting plastic "scaffolding" that'll clutter up your current liver to grow your new liver around?

The antibody therapies are a double edged sword - there is a risk of adverse immune reactions, but in the past the adverse reactions have been caused by animal proteins that were present in the product - because it was produced in animals. There's a chance that the plastic antibodies might actually be a better choice, with lower risk as well as lower cost. I'm sure they will be doing lots of testing to make sure of it.

Antibodies are also manufactured for laboratory work - for tests such as Western Blot for example. They are quite important for biochemistry research, and the cost is significant. For these uses, I would expect that plastic antibodies are immediately applicable at no risk to anybody. The use of rabbits and other small animals as a production facility for antibodies - most probably involving some suffering on their part - would therefore be no longer necessary. Kudos to the new technology!