Make your own Targeted Toxin!

Biotinylated materials that are recognized on the cell surface can be mixed with Streptavidin-ZAP (Streptavidin attached to the ribosome-inactivating protein, Saporin) to make a targeted toxin to specifically eliminate a particular cell type. Leonardo Ancheta, Vice President and Director of Custom Conjugations at ATS, talks about important things to watch for to avoid compromising your next experiment.