This disclosure describes methods and
drug therapies for treating or preventing various health conditions, including
cancer. The methods and therapies of the present disclosure comprise
antibody-based therapies that functionally increase
antibody binding to target antigens. Specifically, the
antibody-based therapies increase the copy number of an
antigen by utilizing at least a pair of differing antibodies directed at non-overlapping epitopes of the same
antigen for effectively delivering payloads to a target
cell. Each differing antibody may be conjugated to the same or a differing
payload. The antibody-based therapy may use proteins that specifically bind human
folate receptor alpha (FRalpha) with high affinity. These proteins include a human anti-FRalpha IgG1 that is suitable for use as a
therapeutic antibody to treat conditions, such as cancers that express FRalpha. Other FRalpha-binding proteins are also described including
antibody fragments, antibody conjugates, and fusion proteins.