"The low-throughput, resource-intensive process of antibody variant characterization can be a costly bottleneck in the discovery pipeline. So, this unique offering, which provides the ability, in one place, to easily order gene sequences and receive the resulting antibodies, can make the timeline for antibody discovery and optimization programs more efficient. I've always said that Twist enables our customers to forgo the need to do cloning themselves, i.e. friends don't let friends clone. Similarly, this new offering could have the same impact on high throughput antibody screening, i.e. friends don't let friends make their own screening antibodies," said Emily Leproust, Ph.D., CEO and co-founder of Twist Bioscience.