Introduction of aptamer
- "Aptamers" Come from the word of Latin aptus - fit, and Greek meros – part.
- Aptamers are DNA or RNA folding into specific structure by their sequences.
- Like antibody, aptamers can specifically bind to its target.
- Aptamers are evolved in vitro by a combinatorial chemical method called SELEX (Systematic Evolution of Ligands by EXponential Enrichment)
