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BeiGene, Ambrx partner to discover, develop cancer biologics

March 8, 2019 5:30 PM UTC

BeiGene partnered with Ambrx to discover cancer therapeutics using the latter's site-specific conjugation technology.

The technology uses cell lines engineered with transfer RNAs (tRNAs)/tRNA synthase that can incorporate non-natural amino acids into specified peptide and protein sites during translation. The amino acids are chemically modified to add functionality and enhance activity...