Described herein are methods for identifying and preparing bivalent
binding molecules to 7 transmembrane G protein-coupled receptors. The
methods disclosed herein are based on the SELEX method for generating
high affinity nucleic acid ligands. SELEX is an acronym for Systematic
Evolution of Ligands by EXponential enrichment. The methods of this
invention combine two or more binding domains to two or more different
epitopes of the same 7 transmembrane G protein-coupled receptor. These
bivalent binding molecules are useful as therapeutic and diagnostic
agents.